CORRECTION article

Front. Psychol.

Sec. Environmental Psychology

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1656691

Correction: Combining mechanisms of action with behavior change techniques—theory-based development of an app promoting heating energy-saving behaviors

Provisionally accepted
Mara  BrandtMara Brandt1Sebastian  BambergSebastian Bamberg2*
  • 1Medical School OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
  • 2Hochschule Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

• Please read through all the templates before choosing • Pick the most relevant text template(s) from the following page and delete all others.• Edit the text as necessary, ensuring that the original incorrect text is included for the record, please see the below.• Please do not use any extra formatting when editing the templates, and only modify the red text unless absolutely necessary • Submit to Frontiers following the instructions on this page.When the original text contained incorrect information, to preserve the scientific record, please include that text when editing the below templates. For example:There was a mistake in the Funding statement, an incorrect number was used. The correct number is "2015C03Bd051.". The publisher apologizes for this mistake.The original version of this article has been updated. Adding: Affiliation Interactive Robotics in Medicine and Care, Medical School OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany was omitted for author Mara Brandt. This affiliation has now been added for author Mara Brandt. The original version of this article has been updated.Author Sebastian Bamberg was erroneously assigned to affiliation Interactive Robotics in Medicine and Care, Medical School OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. This affiliation has now been removed for author Sebastian Bamberg. The original version of this article has been updated.Frontiers Media SA End of template. If you would like to request a correction for a reason not seen here, please contact the journal's editorial office.

Keywords: Stage model of self-regulated behavioral change, virtual agent, theory-based intervention development, mechanisms of action, Behavior change techniques, theory and technique tool, Menu-based, Energy-saving behavior

Received: 30 Jun 2025; Accepted: 04 Jul 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Brandt and Bamberg. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Sebastian Bamberg, Hochschule Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.