Resources

Articles

• Onken, L. S., Carroll, K. M., Shoham, V., Cuthbert, B. N., & Riddle, M. (2014). Reenvisioning clinical science: Unifying the discipline to improve the public health  . Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. 2(1), 22-34.
• Onken, L. S. (2019). History and evolution of the NIH stage model. In S. Dimidjian (Ed.), Evidence-based practice in action: bridging clinical science and intervention  (pp. 28-42). The Guilford Press.
• Vranceanu, A. M., Kronish, I. M., Plys, E., Syme, M., Yu, F., & Gaugler, J. E. (2025). The NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Interventions in Aging: Development, Maturation, Impact, and Opportunities for Advancement . Gerontologist, 65(7). gnaf123. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnaf123.

Videos

• NIH Stage Model 2022 [YouTube].
• Stages of Intervention Development [YouTube].  Presented by Lisa Onken, PhD, at the Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) Workshop “Achieving and Sustaining Behavior Change to Benefit Older Adults”, December 2018.

Websites

• National Institute on Aging (2024). NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Intervention Development
• Columbia University Medical Center. Science of Behavior Change NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Intervention Development

Articles

• Nielsen, L., Riddle, M., King, J. W., NIH Science of Behavior Change Implementation Team, Aklin, W. M., Chen, W., Clark, D., Collier, E., Czajkowski, S., Esposito, L., Ferrer, R., Green, P., Hunter, C., Kehl, K., King, R., Onken, L., Simmons, J. M., Stoeckel, L., Stoney, C., … Weber, W. (2018). The NIH Science of Behavior Change Program: Transforming the science through a focus on mechanisms of change . Behaviour Research and Therapy, 101, 3-11.
• Kazdin, A. E. (2014). Moderators, mediators and mechanisms of change in psychotherapy. In W. Lutz, & S. Knox, (Eds.). Quantitative and qualitative methods in psychotherapy research  (pp. 87-101). Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY: Routledge.
• Birk, J. L., Otto, M. W., Cornelius, T., Poldrack, R. A., & Edmondson, D. (2023). Improving the Rigor of Mechanistic Behavioral Science: The Introduction of the Checklist for Investigating Mechanisms in Behavior-Change Research (CLIMBR) . Behavior Therapy, 54(4), 708–713.
• Gitlin, L. N., Corcoran, M., Martindale-Adams, J., Malone, C., Stevens, A., & Winter, L. (2000). Identifying mechanisms of action: Why and how does intervention work?  . In R. Schulz (Ed.), Handbook on dementia caregiving: Evidence-based interventions for family caregivers (pp. 225–248). Springer Publishing Company.

Videos

• SOBC 101: Science of Behavioral Change for Psychological Scientists [YouTube]. Presented by Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) at Columbia University Medical Center.
• Introducing the Checklist for Investigating Mechanisms in Behavior-change Research (CLIMBR) [YouTube]. Presented by Jeffrey Birk, PhD. Co-hosted by the EMBRACE and Emory Roybal Centers. Download presentation slides here .

Websites

• Science of Behavior Change.Org   Hosts a large number of publications, presentations, and other resources on SOBC.
• Human Behaviour Change.Org/bcio   The Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology website offers a structured framework and tools for describing and analyzing behaviour change interventions.

Journal Articles

• Fritz, M. S., & Mackinnon, D. P. (2007). Required sample size to detect the mediated effect . Psychological Science. 18(3):233-239. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01882.x.
• Gitlin, L. N., Szanton, S. L., Huang, J., & Roth, D. L. (2014). Factors mediating the effects of a depression intervention on functional disability in older African Americans  . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 62(12):2280-2287. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13156.

Chapters

• Roth, D. L., & MacKinnon, D. P. (2012). Meditation analysis with longitudinal data  . In J. T.  Newsom, R. N. Jones, & S. M. Hofer (Eds).  Longitudinal data analysis:  A practical guide for researchers in aging, health, and social sciences (pp. 181-216). New York: Routledge.

Videos

• Examining Mechanisms of Intervention Using Statistical Mediation Methods  [YouTube]. Presented by David Roth, PhD. Hosted by the EMBRACE Roybal Center. Download presentation slides here .

Websites

• National Institutes of Health. Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans (BESH) 

Videos

• NIH-Funded Basic Experimental Studies with Humans (BESH): Registration and Results Reporting Webinar

Syllabi

Advanced Behavioral Intervention Design Concentration (K07AG076616; PI: Gaugler, University of Minnesota School of Public Health)

• PubH 8817: Designing Behavioral Interventions for Older Adults and Others Across the Lifespan
• PubH 8808: Advanced Topics in Behavioral Intervention Science Across the Lifespan
• PubH 8814: Mixed Methods-Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Research
• PubH 8816: Implementation Science

Texts

• Gitlin, L., & Czaja, S. (2016). Behavioral Intervention Research: Designing, Evaluating, and implementing . Springer Publishing Company

Websites

• National Institutes of Health (2024). Research Methods Resources

Journal Articles

• Chu, J., & Leino, A. (2017). Advancement in the maturing science of cultural adaptations of evidence-based interventions . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(1), 45-57.
• Barrera, M., Jr., & Castro, F. G. (2006). A Heuristic Framework for the Cultural Adaptation of Interventions  . Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 13(4), 311–316.

• Castro, F., Barrera, M., Jr., & Martinez, C., Jr. (2004). The Cultural Adaptation of Prevention Interventions: Resolving Tensions Between Fidelity and Fit  . Prevention Science, 5(1), 41-45.
• Bernal, G., Jiménez-Chafey, M. I., & Domenech Rodríguez, M. M. (2009). Cultural adaptation of treatments: A resource for considering culture in evidence-based practice  . Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 40(4), 361–368.

Texts

• Gitlin, L. N., Kolanowski, A., Lyons, K. J. (2021). Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals   (5th edition). Springer Publishing Company.

Presentations

• Gaugler, J. E. (2024). Scaling and adapting interventions: The role of mechanisms. Building Bridges: Connecting Caregiving Research, Policy, and Practice Conference , Pittsburgh, PA.
• Gaugler, J. E. (2025). Supporting discrete caregiver behaviors. Research Centers Collaborative Network Workshop: AI and Health Behaviors for Healthy Aging , (virtual).