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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 468-470 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Health Psychology |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 2010 |
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Keywords
- behavior therapy
- conditioning (psychology)
- humans
- psychological theory
- randomized controlled trials as topic
- therapies, investigational
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Importance of the nature of comparison conditions for testing theory-based interventions : reply. / Michie, Susan; Prestwich, Andrew; de Bruin, Marijn.
In: Health Psychology, Vol. 29, No. 5, 09.2010, p. 468-470.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Importance of the nature of comparison conditions for testing theory-based interventions
T2 - reply
AU - Michie, Susan
AU - Prestwich, Andrew
AU - de Bruin, Marijn
N1 - (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - The nature of comparison conditions is a much overlooked feature of designing and interpreting the results of randomized controlled trials, as outlined by Williams (see record 2010-18776-001). We agree that understanding the components and mechanisms of the comparison condition is necessary for making inferences about both intervention effectiveness (whether the intervention worked and which components may have contributed to such an effect) and about theoretical mediators (how it worked). The extent to which one can draw strong inferences regarding the efficacy and mechanisms of an intervention over the comparison is conditional upon a number of key points.
AB - The nature of comparison conditions is a much overlooked feature of designing and interpreting the results of randomized controlled trials, as outlined by Williams (see record 2010-18776-001). We agree that understanding the components and mechanisms of the comparison condition is necessary for making inferences about both intervention effectiveness (whether the intervention worked and which components may have contributed to such an effect) and about theoretical mediators (how it worked). The extent to which one can draw strong inferences regarding the efficacy and mechanisms of an intervention over the comparison is conditional upon a number of key points.
KW - behavior therapy
KW - conditioning (psychology)
KW - humans
KW - psychological theory
KW - randomized controlled trials as topic
KW - therapies, investigational
U2 - 10.1037/a0020844
DO - 10.1037/a0020844
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 468
EP - 470
JO - Health Psychology
JF - Health Psychology
SN - 0278-6133
IS - 5
ER -