TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of religiosity, religious norms, subjective norms, and bodily integrity in signing an organ donor card
AU - Stephenson, Michael T.
AU - Morgan, Susan E.
AU - Roberts-Perez, Samaria D.
AU - Harrison, Tyler
AU - Afifi, Walid
AU - Long, Shawn D.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grant 1 H39 OT 000120-02 from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Division of Transplantation (HRSA/DoT), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of HRSA/DoT.
Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - This article examines the influence of religiosity, religious norms, subjective norms, and bodily integrity (the extent to which people think the body should remain unaltered after death) on intent to donate organs postmortem. A total of 4,426 participants from 6 universities completed surveys for this study. The results indicate that religiosity and religious norms had a nonsignificant effect on willingness to donate. In addition, attitudes toward donation had a weak positive relationship on intent to donate, whereas subjective norms exerted a modest positive relationship on intent to donate. Finally, the results reveal a strong direct and indirect effect of bodily integrity on intent to donate.
AB - This article examines the influence of religiosity, religious norms, subjective norms, and bodily integrity (the extent to which people think the body should remain unaltered after death) on intent to donate organs postmortem. A total of 4,426 participants from 6 universities completed surveys for this study. The results indicate that religiosity and religious norms had a nonsignificant effect on willingness to donate. In addition, attitudes toward donation had a weak positive relationship on intent to donate, whereas subjective norms exerted a modest positive relationship on intent to donate. Finally, the results reveal a strong direct and indirect effect of bodily integrity on intent to donate.
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U2 - 10.1080/10410230802342119
DO - 10.1080/10410230802342119
M3 - Article
C2 - 18850391
AN - SCOPUS:53849097693
VL - 23
SP - 436
EP - 447
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
SN - 1041-0236
IS - 5
ER -