The following SCT constructs are targeted and operationalized: self-efficacy, goals/intention, outcome expectations, perceived facilitators and barriers to changes, and social support.
Functional HL was operationalized by self-reported competence to understand written information about their medical condition.
Various models of meaning have been operationalized in self-report questionnaires (see [ 14] for a systematic review of these measures).
This paper reports preliminary findings from a larger project aimed at understanding how food choice is operationalized through self-identification of roles and values.
Hunger was operationalized by self-reported hunger as in Study 1: no hunger (scoring 1 2, n = 418) and some hunger (scoring 3 7, n = 346).
25 Level 2 "evaluation of each domain" (Jonker's term) 17 is operationalized as self-ratings of satisfaction across different aspects of life including health.
To enter the scheme as a non-smoker while pretending to be a smoker This was operationalized by self-report of smoking, validated by CO levels compatible with smoking, but with urinary cotinine measurement at enrolment compatible with not smoking (<1.5 ng/ml).
To receive incentives on the scheme while continuing to smoke This was operationalized by self-report of not smoking, validated by CO levels compatible with not smoking, but salivary cotinine, collected at 28 and 36 weeks gestation, and 2 days and 6 months postpartum, compatible with smoking (>15 ng/ml).
The relationships between the variables in this study also provide insights into better operationalizing self-reported adult ADHD symptoms.
The following factors that plausibly play an important role will be assessed: 1) Competence, in this study operationalized as general self-efficacy and self-worth.
In addition, for the use of this study, self ratings of overall physical health were used to operationalize overall self-rated health.
