dc.contributor.author | Borek, AJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Abraham, SCS | |
dc.contributor.author | Greaves, CJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Gillison, F | |
dc.contributor.author | Tarrant, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Morgan-Trimmer, SA | |
dc.contributor.author | McCabe, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, JR | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-14T10:06:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-06-14 | |
dc.description.abstract | Group-based interventions are widely used to promote health-related behaviour change. While processes operating in groups have been extensively described, it remains unclear how behaviour change is generated in group-based health-related behaviour-change interventions. Understanding how such interventions facilitate change is important to guide intervention design and process evaluations. We employed a mixed-methods approach to identify, map and define change processes operating in group-based behaviour-change interventions. We reviewed multidisciplinary literature on group dynamics, taxonomies of change technique categories, and measures of group processes. Using weight-loss groups as an exemplar, we also reviewed qualitative studies of participants’ experiences and coded transcripts of 38 group sessions from three weight-loss interventions. Finally, we consulted group participants, facilitators and researchers about our developing synthesis of findings. The resulting ‘Mechanisms of Action in Group-based Interventions’ (MAGI) framework comprises six overarching categories: (1) group intervention design features, (2) facilitation techniques, (3) group dynamic and development processes, (4) inter-personal change processes, (5) selective intra-personal change processes operating in groups, and (6) contextual influences. The framework provides theoretical explanations of how change occurs in group-based behaviour-change interventions and can be applied to optimise their design and delivery, and to guide evaluation, facilitator training and further research. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/17437199.2019.1625282 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EME/14/202/03 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/37522 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17437199.2019.1625282 | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 14 June 2020 in compliance with publisher policy. | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Behaviour change | en_GB |
dc.subject | Group dynamics | en_GB |
dc.subject | Interpersonal change processes | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mixed methods | en_GB |
dc.subject | Review | en_GB |
dc.title | Identifying change processes in group-based health behaviour-change interventions: development of the mechanisms of action in group-based interventions (MAGI) framework | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-14T10:06:53Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1743-7199 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Health psychology review | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-05-27 | |
exeter.funder | ::National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-06-14 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-06-14T09:31:28Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2019-06-13 | |