Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017.

Introducing models, methods and tools for design for behaviour change

The scope of how design can be applied to change behaviour is very broad and multidisciplinary. The interest and investigation into behavioural change has originated from, and has been a foremost prerogative of, the behavioural and social sciences. Just as there are many different models of behaviour change in the behavioural sciences, so there are many different approaches to behaviour change in design. Thus there is no accepted unified model of human behaviour in design. In order to integrate the human perspective within the design process, design for behaviour change has been looking to the social sciences and psychology. Adoption and integration of these approaches into the design process can happen in different ways. The Transtheoretical model of Behaviour Change offers insight into the stages that an individual has to go through in order to make a change. These stages are as follows: Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance and Termination.