The DOI matches its Crossref record; 400 of the 400 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Changing Behavior Using the Theory of Planned Behavior
Abstract
The theory of planned behavior (TPB) provides a framework for designing and evaluating behavior change interventions. The theory postulates a sequence of effects from behavioral, normative, and control beliefs regarding the behavior to attitudes and subjective norms, which – moderated by perceived behavioral control – lead to the formation of a behavioral intention. Intention is proposed to be carried out to the extent that the behavior is under volitional control. For an intervention to motivate the desired behavior, it must influence behavioral, normative, and/or control beliefs; and, to support implementation of the behavior, it must ensure sufficient perceived and actual behavioral control. Practical steps for the design and evaluation of a TPB-based intervention are described. These include research to elicit accessible beliefs; construction and validation of a TPB questionnaire; confirmation of the structural TPB model; and a preliminary test of the intervention’s ability to change the targeted variables. In the final phase, the intervention is administered and its effects are evaluated by examining changes in behavior and its theoretical determinants. Research has supported the predictive validity of the TPB and its utility as a framework for behavior modification. Future research is needed to identify additional effective strategies to change TPB determinants.
Overview
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Citations
Cites
The theory of planned behavior
Ajzen, I. (1991) · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · doi:10.1016/0749-5978(91)90020-t · Cited by 90,587
Self-citationRyan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037//0003-066x.55.1.68 · Cited by 54,599
Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change
Bandura, A. (1977) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.84.2.191 · Cited by 43,925
The "what" and "why" of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000) · Psychological Inquiry · doi:10.1207/s15327965pli1104_01 · Cited by 34,210
Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
Sutton, R. S., & Barto, A. G. (1998) · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks · doi:10.1109/tnn.1998.712192 · Cited by 27,225
The Ecology of Human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979) · Harvard University Press eBooks · doi:10.4159/9780674028845 · Cited by 26,084
The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
Bornstein, M. H., & Gibson, J. J. (1980) · The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · doi:10.2307/429816 · Cited by 22,935
From Intentions to Actions: A Theory of Planned Behavior
Ajzen, I. (1985) · Action Control · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-69746-3_2 · Cited by 19,057
Self-citationRussell, J. A. (1980) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/h0077714 · Cited by 16,334
Meyer, I. H. (2003) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.674 · Cited by 14,736
Cited by
Labrague, L. J., Aguilar-Rosales, R., Yboa, B. C., & Sabio, J. B. (2023) · Nurse Education Today · doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105945 · Cited by 145
Hovadick, A. C. D. A., Moreira, S. M., Rodrigues, C. Z., Clarisse de Oliveira, V., & Cardoso, M. A. (2025) · Appetite · doi:10.1016/j.appet.2024.107833 · Cited by 5
Metadata
- Authors
- Ajzen, I., & Schmidt, P.
- Venue
- The Handbook of Behavior Change
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2020-07-23
- Pages
- 17-31
- OpenAlex
- W3038772107
- Cited by
- 266
- References
- 400
- FWCI
- 92.30
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
How to cite
Cite CoChat for the checks on this page, and the paper for its own findings.
- This page
- CoChat. (2026). Citation check: Changing Behavior Using the Theory of Planned Behavior. https://app.cochat.ai/papers/10.1017/9781108677318.002
- The paper
- Ajzen, I., & Schmidt, P. (2020). Changing Behavior Using the Theory of Planned Behavior. The Handbook of Behavior Change. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108677318.002
Data sources
Bibliographic data: Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref.
Contains information from the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph Datasets, made available under the ODC Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0).
Semantic Scholar’s data is described in: Kinney, R., et al. (2023). The Semantic Scholar Open Data Platform. arXiv:2301.10140.
