Table 1 Capability, opportunity, motivation, and behavior definitions [47]
COM-B Behavioral determinant | Definition |
|---|---|
Capability | Capability is an attribute of a person that together with opportunity makes a behavior possible or facilitates it |
Psychological capability | A capability that involves a person’s mental functioning (e.g. understanding and memory) |
Physical capability | A capability that involves a person’s physique and musculoskeletal functioning (e.g. brain and extremity) |
Opportunity | An attribute of an environmental system that together with capability makes a behavior possible or facilitates it |
Social opportunity | An opportunity that involves other people and organizations (e.g. social and cultural norms) |
Physical opportunity | An opportunity that involves inanimate parts of the environmental system and time (e.g. financial and material resources) |
Motivation | All brain processes that energize and direct behavior |
Reflective motivation | The motivation that involves conscious thought processes (e.g. evaluations and plans) |
Automatic motivation | The motivation that involves habitual, instinctive, drive related, and affective processes (e.g. desires and habits) |