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Table 1 Interaction principles for intervention providers (adapted based on Deci & Ryan, [23]; Miller & Rollnick, [29])

From: ‘Let’s Move It’ – a school-based multilevel intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour among older adolescents in vocational secondary schools: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial

1. Show empathy for students

2. Ask open questions

3. Roll with students’ resistance

4. Evoke change talk

5. Show interest in students’ experience and perspectives

6. Provide students with options and choices

7. Provide students with structure and agenda

8. Use reflective listening

9. Validate students’ concerns

10. Provide positive feedback