Developing a Taxonomy of Dyadic Behavior Change Techniques

开发二元行为改变技术的分类法

• 批准号: 441897096
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Nina Knoll
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut Gender in Medicine (GiM) (CCM)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/441897096?language=en
• 关键词: Developing; Taxonomy; Dyadic; Behavior; Change

A growing literature documents the importance of the social context in shaping health behavior change. Researchers have produced a large number of theories and empirical findings to better understand the protective effect of close relationships, in particular the romantic relationship, on health. However, despite decades of research, the specific processes underlying the powerful effect of romantic relationships on health are still far from understood. This broad research field, including disciplines within psychology as well as beyond, has produced a highly heterogeneous nomenclature and a myriad of constructs of different complexity, hampering the synthesis of empirical evidence. At the same time, there has been a rise in dyadic intervention studies, many of which involve romantic partners to change health behavior. Overall, evidence to date suggests that dyadic interventions in romantic couples are a promising avenue. However, due to poor reporting of intervention content and unsystematic labelling of intervention strategies, little is known about what exactly makes these interventions successful. Existing taxonomies that systematically identify and classify intervention techniques to promote behavior change have mainly focused on techniques at the level of the individual (e.g., goal setting, self-monitoring). Intervention techniques involving any form of interaction with a non-professional dyad member (i.e. dyadic behavior change techniques) are underrepresented or not well differentiated. Thus, to understand dyadic processes in health behavior change, a systematic and reliable identification of dyadic behavior change techniques is an important next step. The proposed Lead Agency project “Developing a Taxonomy of Dyadic Behavior Change Techniques” aims to develop and evaluate a comprehensive and reliable taxonomy of theory-based distinct, clear, and precise dyadic behavior change techniques (DBCTs) for facilitating change in health-enhancing (e.g., physical activity, nutrition) or health-compromising (e.g., smoking, alcohol consumption) behaviors. We will use the example of the romantic couple as a highly important dyad for health behavior change. By drawing on a network of international experts, we aim to establish an internationally accepted taxonomy that will ensure precise reporting of dyadic intervention content, guide the development of theory-based dyadic behavior change interventions, and facilitate evidence synthesis across disciplines on effective dyadic behavior change in romantic couples. This will lay a solid foundation for establishing future DBCT taxonomies for other dyad constellations (e.g., parent-child, peers) or contexts (e.g., mental health, stress).

越来越多的文献证明了社会背景在塑造健康行为改变方面的重要性。研究人员已经提出了大量的理论和实证研究结果，以更好地理解亲密关系（尤其是浪漫关系）对健康的保护作用。然而，尽管经过了数十年的研究，浪漫关系对健康产生强大影响的具体过程仍远未可知。这个广泛的研究领域，包括心理学内外的学科，产生了高度异质的术语和无数不同复杂性的结构，阻碍了经验证据的综合。与此同时，二元干预研究有所增加，其中许多涉及浪漫伴侣来改变健康行为。总体而言，迄今为止的证据表明，对浪漫伴侣进行二元干预是一条很有前途的途径。然而，由于干预内容的报告不力以及干预策略的标签不系统，人们对这些干预措施成功的真正原因知之甚少。系统地识别和分类促进行为改变的干预技术的现有分类法主要集中在个人层面的技术（例如目标设定、自我监控）。 涉及与非专业二元成员任何形式互动的干预技术（即二元行为改变技术）代表性不足或没有很好区分。因此，为了了解健康行为改变的二元过程，系统且可靠地识别二元行为改变技术是重要的下一步。拟议的牵头机构项目“开发二元行为改变技术的分类法”旨在开发和评估基于理论的独特、清晰和精确的二元行为改变技术（DBCT）的全面可靠的分类法，以促进促进健康（例如身体活动、营养）或损害健康（例如吸烟、饮酒）行为的改变。 我们将使用浪漫情侣作为健康行为改变的非常重要的二元组的例子。通过利用国际专家网络，我们的目标是建立一个国际公认的分类法，以确保准确报告二元干预内容，指导基于理论的二元行为改变干预措施的发展，并促进跨学科证据综合，以有效地改变浪漫伴侣的二元行为。这将为未来建立其他二元组（例如亲子、同龄人）或环境（例如心理健康、压力）的 DBCT 分类法奠定坚实的基础。