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Table 1 Overview of primary Normalization Process Theory (NPT) mechanisms and sub-constructs

From: Healthcare and community stakeholders’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators to implementing a behavioral activation intervention for people with dementia and depression: a qualitative study using Normalization Process Theory

Primary NPT mechanism

Sub-construct

Coherence

Differentiation

Communal specification

Individual specification

Internalization

Cognitive Participation

Initiation

Enrolment

Legitimation

Activation

Collective Action

Interactional workability

Relational integration

Skill-set workability

Contextual integration

Reflexive Monitoring

Systematization

Communal appraisal

Individual appraisal

Reconfiguration

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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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