Behavior-change theories treat maintenance over time as a problem with requirements that are not identical to those involved in starting change.

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Kwasnicka and colleagues systematically reviewed behavior-change theories that address maintenance and synthesized recurring maintenance processes involving motivation, self-regulation, habits, resources, and social/environmental influences.

The review is primarily a systematic review of theories, not a systematic meta-analysis proving that every proposed maintenance mechanism works empirically across behaviors and populations.

The source supports the conceptual distinction between initiation and maintenance. The Human OS sequence of durable change remains the book’s synthesis.

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