Posted: September 1st, 2015

Discuss how the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) has been used to explain the underlying socio-cognitive processes involved in the intention (and/or behaviour) to engage in safe sex (i.e., use condoms).

Discuss how the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) has been used to explain the underlying socio-cognitive processes involved in the intention (and/or behaviour) to engage in safe sex (i.e., use condoms).

Eggers, S., Taylor, M., Sathiparsad, R., Bos, A., & de Vries, H. (2013). Predicting safe sex: Assessment of autoregressive and cross-lagged effects within the Theory of Planned Behavior. Journal Of Health Psychology. doi:10.1177/1359105313512354

McEachan, R., Conner, M., Taylor, N., & Lawton, R. (2011). Prospective prediction of health-related behaviours with the Theory of Planned Behaviour: a meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review, 5(2), 97-144. doi:10.1080/17437199.2010.521684

Newby, K., Brown, K., French, D., & Wallace, L. (2013). Which outcome expectancies are important in determining young adults’ intentions to use condoms with casual sexual partners?: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 13(1), 133. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-133

Thomas, J., Shiels, C., & Gabbay, M. (2013). Modelling condom use: Does the theory of planned behaviour explain condom use in a low risk, community sample?. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 19(4), 463-472. doi:10.1080/13548506.2013.824592