Cognitive obstacles against organ donation: The influence of negative attitudes, norms, and traditional beliefs on Chinese people's intention to donate organs after death

In China, the organ supply is severely insufficient to cover all people on the waiting list for donated organs, and numerous patients die awaiting transplant. To achieve a better understanding of cadaveric organ donation in Chinese culture, this study examined 300 Chinese adults, in both Fujian Prov...

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Published in:Journal of community & applied social psychology 2011-01, Vol.21 (1), p.87-93
Main Authors: Wu, Anise M. S., Lu, Lu-sha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Behavior. Attitude
beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Biological organs
Blood & organ donations
China
Chinese culture
Cognition
Cognitive psychology
Death
Death Attitudes
Donation
Donations
Donors
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
intention
Macao
Negative attitudes
norms
Organ Donation
Organs
Patients
Peoples Republic of China
Provinces
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Regression analysis
Social acceptance
Social influence
Social norms
Social psychology
Sociocultural Factors
Transplants
Transplants & implants
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Summary:In China, the organ supply is severely insufficient to cover all people on the waiting list for donated organs, and numerous patients die awaiting transplant. To achieve a better understanding of cadaveric organ donation in Chinese culture, this study examined 300 Chinese adults, in both Fujian Province and Macao, regarding attitudes towards organ donation, subjective norms about organ donation and traditional beliefs about the body and death, examining the influences of these factors on respondents' donation intentions. Multiple hierarchical regression results suggest that more negative attitudes, unfavourable norms and traditional beliefs lead to lower donation intentions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1052-9284
1099-1298
DOI:10.1002/casp.1054