The Theory of Planned Behavior: Selected Recent Advances and Applications

Authors

  • Michael Bosnjak
    ZPID – Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, Trier, Germany
  • Icek Ajzen
    Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
  • Peter Schmidt
    Centre for Development and Environment (ZEU), University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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