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Charles Abraham is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields including general health professions, applied psychology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, clinical psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, with a particular focus on behavioral health and interventions, health policy implementation science, COVID-19 and mental health, obesity, physical activity and diet, heart failure treatment and management, cardiac health and mental health, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

Charles Abraham has published notable research papers such as:

  • "General population perspectives of dementia risk reduction and the implications for intervention: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative evidence," 2021, published in PLoS ONE
  • "Clinical effectiveness of an online supervised group physical and mental health rehabilitation programme for adults with post-covid-19 condition (REGAIN study): multicentre randomised controlled trial," 2024, published in BMJ
  • "What Works in Violence Prevention Among Young People?: A Systematic Review of Reviews," 2020, published in Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • "Associations between self-efficacy and sedentary behaviour: a meta-analysis," 2020, published in Psychology and Health
  • "Reducing Opioid Use for Chronic Pain With a Group-Based Intervention," 2023, published in JAMA

Frequent publication venues for their work include Research Square, BMC Public Health, Health Psychology, Social Science & Medicine, and BMJ Open.

Charles Abraham has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Mark Conner, Daryl B. O'Connor, Zofia Szczuka, Aleksandra Łuszczyńska, and Colin Greaves, reflecting a broad network within their research community.

Best Publications

  • The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 Hierarchically Clustered Techniques: Building an International Consensus for the Reporting of Behavior Change Interventions

    Susan Michie;Michelle Richardson;Marie Johnston;Marie Johnston;Charles Abraham

  • Psychological correlates of university students' academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michelle Richardson;Charles Abraham;Rod Bond

  • Making psychological theory useful for implementing evidence based practice: a consensus approach

    S Michie;M Johnston;Charles Abraham;R Lawton

  • A Taxonomy of Behavior Change Techniques Used in Interventions

    Charles Abraham;Susan Michie

  • Effective Techniques in Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Interventions: A Meta-Regression

    Susan Michie;Charles Abraham;Craig Whittington;John McAteer

  • Systematic review of reviews of intervention components associated with increased effectiveness in dietary and physical activity interventions

    Colin J Greaves;Kate E Sheppard;Charles Abraham;Wendy Hardeman

  • Psychosocial correlates of heterosexual condom use: a meta-analysis.

    Paschal Sheeran;Charles Abraham;Sheina Orbell

  • Interventions to change health behaviours: evidence-based or evidence-inspired?

    Susan Michie;Charles Abraham

  • Towards parsimony in habit measurement: Testing the convergent and predictive validity of an automaticity subscale of the Self-Report Habit Index

    Benjamin Gardner;Charles Abraham;Phillippa Lally;Gert Jan de Bruijn

  • Scary warnings and rational precautions: A review of the psychology of fear appeals.

    Robert A.C. Ruiter;Charles Abraham;Gerjo Kok

  • Mainstream consumers driving plug-in battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars: A qualitative analysis of responses and evaluations

    Ella Graham-Rowe;Benjamin Gardner;Charles Abraham;Stephen Skippon

  • Behaviour change techniques: the development and evaluation of a taxonomic method for reporting and describing behaviour change interventions (a suite of five studies involving consensus methods, randomised controlled trials and analysis of qualitative data)

    Susan Michie;Caroline E Wood;Marie Johnston;Marie Johnston;Charles Abraham

  • A European Evidence-Based Guideline for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

    B. Paulweber;P. Valensi;J. Lindström;N. M. Lalic

  • Conscientiousness and the Theory of Planned Behavior: Toward a more Complete Model of the Antecedents of Intentions and Behavior

    Mark Conner;Charles Abraham

  • The health belief model

    Charles Abraham;Paschal J. Sheeran

  • Acting on intentions: The role of anticipated regret

    Charles Abraham;Paschal J. Sheeran

  • What drives car use? A grounded theory analysis of commuters’ reasons for driving.

    Benjamin Gardner;Charles Abraham

  • Mediator of Moderators: Temporal Stability of Intention and the Intention-Behavior Relation

    Paschal Sheeran;Charles Abraham

  • Strengthening evaluation and implementation by specifying components of behaviour change interventions: a study protocol

    Susan Michie;Charles Abraham;Martin Eccles;Jillian Joy Francis

  • Context and content: the impact of school-leaving and school-based health education on AIDS-relevant cognitions.

    Dominic Abrams;Paschal Sheeran;Charles Abraham;Russell Spears

  • Understanding and Changing Health Behaviour: From Health Beliefs to Self-Regulation

    Paul Norman;Charles Abraham;Mark Conner

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Marie Johnston
Marie Johnston University of Aberdeen
Paschal Sheeran
Paschal Sheeran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wendy Hardeman
Wendy Hardeman University of East Anglia
Mark Tarrant
Mark Tarrant University of Exeter
Mark Conner
Mark Conner University of Leeds
Mathew P. White
Mathew P. White University of Vienna
Daniel Wight
Daniel Wight University of Glasgow
Russell Spears
Russell Spears University of Groningen
Robert A. C. Ruiter
Robert A. C. Ruiter Maastricht University

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