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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RFDS</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Regional Formation and Development Studies</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2029-9370</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2029-9370</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>KU</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">06_KONDROTIENE</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15181/rfds.v34i2.2245</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>The Causal-Consequential Relationship between Attitude Formation and Behaviour</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="Author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kondrotienė</surname>
            <given-names>Edita</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:edita.kondrotiene@stud.vdu.lt">edita.kondrotiene@stud.vdu.lt</email>
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        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_000">Vytautas Magnus University</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="Author">
          <name>
            <surname>Bakanauskas</surname>
            <given-names>Arvydas</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:arvydas.bakanauskas@vdu.lt">arvydas.bakanauskas@vdu.lt</email>
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        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_001">Vytautas Magnus University</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>34</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>68</fpage>
      <lpage>80</lpage>
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      <abstract>
        <p>The article defines theoretical aspects of the concept of attitude phenomenon, discusses the theoretical aspects in attitude formation,</p>
        <p>and distinguishes attitudinal factors and their relations with behaviour. In analysing the concept of attitude and analysing the factors</p>
        <p>forming attitude, using comparative analysis and the synthesis of scientific literature, a theoretical model of attitude formation is</p>
        <p>obtained, indicating the causal consequential relationship between attitude and behaviour.</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>attitude</kwd>
        <kwd>consumer attitudes</kwd>
        <kwd>attitude formation</kwd>
        <kwd>attitude formation components</kwd>
        <kwd>components of attitude</kwd>
        <kwd>attitude and behaviour</kwd>
        <kwd>health behaviour</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
      <kwd-group kwd-group-type="JEL CODES">
        <label>JEL CODES</label>
        <kwd>M31</kwd>
        <kwd>I12</kwd>
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