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Editorial
. 2020 Aug 31;16(3):352-356.
doi: 10.5964/ejop.v16i3.3107. eCollection 2020 Aug.

The Theory of Planned Behavior: Selected Recent Advances and Applications

Michael Bosnjak  1 , Icek Ajzen  2 , Peter Schmidt  3   4
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Editorial

The Theory of Planned Behavior: Selected Recent Advances and Applications

Michael Bosnjak et al. Eur J Psychol. .

Abstract

This editorial gives a brief introduction to the articles included in the thematic section of Europe's Journal of Psychology, which is devoted to selected recent advances and applications of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The five contributions address two thematic streams: (1) adjustments and extensions of the original theory and (2) applications of the TPB in public health and the political sciences.

Keywords: editorial; theory adjustments; theory applications; theory extensions; theory of planned behavior.

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Treemap of the behavioral domains in which the theory of planned behavior has been used according to the Web of Science bibliographic database (as of April 2020). 2952 out of 4230 manuscripts could be assigned to the ten most covered thematic areas.
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Graphical depiction of the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 2019b).
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