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2026

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Overview

Marie Johnston is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly spans the fields of psychology, health professions, and medicine, with significant contributions in applied and clinical psychology as well as general health professions. The scientist has published extensively, focusing on topics related to behavioral health and interventions, health policy implementation science, and biomedical text mining and ontologies.

Among the main topics covered in their work are:

  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Community Health and Development
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Marie Johnston has coauthored many publications with a consistent group of frequent collaborators, including:

  • Susan Michie
  • Robert West
  • Janna Hastings
  • Marta M. Marques
  • Diane Dixon

The scientist's recent notable publications are:

  • Development of an online tool for linking behavior change techniques and mechanisms of action based on triangulation of findings from literature synthesis and expert consensus, 2020, Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • The Behaviour Change Technique Ontology: Transforming the Behaviour Change Technique Taxonomy v1, 2023, Wellcome Open Research
  • Behaviour change techniques associated with smoking cessation in intervention and comparator groups of randomized controlled trials: a systematic review and meta-regression, 2020, Addiction
  • Representation of behaviour change interventions and their evaluation: Development of the Upper Level of the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology, 2021, Wellcome Open Research
  • Are Rurality, Area Deprivation, Access to Outside Space, and Green Space Associated with Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross Sectional Study (CHARIS-E), 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Wellcome Open Research
  • British Journal of Health Psychology
  • Addiction
  • International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
  • BMJ Open

Best Publications

  • Better reporting of interventions: Template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide

    Tammy C Hoffmann;Paul P Glasziou;Isabelle Boutron;Ruairidh Milne

  • 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

  • What is an adequate sample size? Operationalising data saturation for theory-based interview studies

    Jill J Francis;Marie Johnston;Clare Robertson;Liz Glidewell

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

    S Michie;M Johnston;Charles Abraham;R Lawton

  • Constructing questionnaires based on the theory of planned behaviour: A manual for health services researchers

    Jillian J Francis;Martin P Eccles;Marie Johnston;Anne Walker

  • From Theory to Intervention: Mapping Theoretically Derived Behavioural Determinants to Behaviour Change Techniques

    Susan Michie;Marie Johnston;Jillian Joy Francis;Wendy Hardeman

  • Measures in Health Psychology: A User's Portfolio

    Marie Johnston;Stephen Wright;John Weinman

  • Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour in Behaviour Change Interventions: A Systematic Review

    Wendy Hardeman;Marie Johnston;Derek W. Johnston;Debbie Bonetti

  • Changing the behavior of healthcare professionals: the use of theory in promoting the uptake of research findings

    Martin Eccles;Jeremy Grimshaw;Anne Walker;Marie Johnston

  • 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

  • Theories and techniques of behaviour change: Developing a cumulative science of behaviour change

    Susan Michie;Marie Johnston

  • Identifying active ingredients in complex behavioural interventions for obese adults with obesity-related co-morbidities or additional risk factors for co-morbidities : a systematic review

    Stephan Ulrich Dombrowski;Falko Sniehotta;Alison Avenell;Marie Johnston

  • Behavior Change Techniques and Their Mechanisms of Action: A Synthesis of Links Described in Published Intervention Literature

    Rachel N Carey;Lauren E Connell;Lauren E Connell;Marie Johnston;Alexander J Rothman

  • Construct validation of the hospital anxiety and depression scale with clinical populations.

    Marie Johnston;Beth Sarah Pollard;P Hennessey

  • Benefits of Psychological Preparation for Surgery: a Meta-Analysis

    Marie Johnston;Claus Vögele

  • Do self- reported intentions predict clinicians' behaviour: a systematic review

    Martin P. Eccles;Susan Hrisos;Jill J. Francis;Eileen F S Kaner

  • From Theory-Inspired to Theory-Based Interventions: A Protocol for Developing and Testing a Methodology for Linking Behaviour Change Techniques to Theoretical Mechanisms of Action

    Susan Michie;Rachel N Carey;Marie Johnston;Alexander J Rothman

  • Interventions to prevent weight gain: a systematic review of psychological models and behaviour change methods

    W Hardeman;S Griffin;Marie Johnston;A L Kinmonth

  • Changing clinical behaviour by making guidelines specific

    Susan Michie;Marie Johnston

  • Mental practice with motor imagery in stroke recovery: randomized controlled trial of efficacy.

    Magdalena Ietswaart;Marie Johnston;H. Chris Dijkerman;Sara Joice

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Derek Johnston
Derek Johnston University of Aberdeen
Wendy Hardeman
Wendy Hardeman University of East Anglia
Charles Abraham
Charles Abraham University of Exeter
Falko F. Sniehotta
Falko F. Sniehotta Newcastle University
Theresa M. Marteau
Theresa M. Marteau University of Cambridge
Marko Elovainio
Marko Elovainio University of Helsinki
Alexander J. Rothman
Alexander J. Rothman University of Minnesota
Maarten C. Eisma
Maarten C. Eisma University of Groningen
John Weinman
John Weinman King's College London

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