Signing the Organ Donor Card: The Relationship Between Expressed Attitude, the Actual Behavior, and Personality Traits

In a study, Baluch et al examined the relationships between three variables--expressed attitudes toward organ donation, actual commitment to signing the organ donor card and personal traits based on Eyxenck's Personality Questionnaire-Revised. The findings generally imply that expressed attitud...

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Published in:The Journal of social psychology 2001-02, Vol.141 (1), p.124-126
Main Authors: Baluch, Bahman, Randhawa, Gurch, Holmes, Sherryl L., Duffy, Linda J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Altruism
Assertiveness
Attitudes
Behavior
Behavior. Attitude
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Blood & organ donations
Correlation
Death & dying
Donors
Fear
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender differences
Health psychology
Human Relations
Humans
Individual Differences
Likert Scales
Male
Periodicals
Personality
Personality Inventory
Personality traits
Personality. Affectivity
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Questionnaires
Resistance (Psychology)
Self Concept
Social Attitudes
Social Behavior
Social psychology
Social sciences
Tissue Donors - psychology
Transplants & implants
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:In a study, Baluch et al examined the relationships between three variables--expressed attitudes toward organ donation, actual commitment to signing the organ donor card and personal traits based on Eyxenck's Personality Questionnaire-Revised. The findings generally imply that expressed attitudes toward organ donation, as measured by the Likert-type scale, cannot predict actual behavior.
ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224540109600530