The Fear of Personal Death and the Willingness to Commit to Organ Donation

IF 4.3 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Psychological and Personality Science Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI:10.1177/19485506231198135

Tehila Kogut, Andrea Pittarello, Paul Slovic

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Abstract

In three studies, with samples from different countries (the United States and Israel) and religions (Christians and Jews), we found that individual levels of fear of death significantly predicted lower willingness to register as organ donors (Studies 1 and 2). Moreover, after being asked about their organ donation status (i.e., whether they are registered as donors), fear of death significantly increased among unregistered people. This did not occur among registered people, who had already faced the decision to become donors in the past (Study 2). Finally, providing non-registered (non-religious) people with a defense strategy to manage their fear of death increased their willingness to sign an organ donation commitment, partially by increasing their feelings of hopefulness. The implications of these findings for increasing organ donation registration are discussed.

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对个人死亡的恐惧和承诺器官捐赠的意愿

在三项研究中，来自不同国家(美国和以色列)和不同宗教(基督徒和犹太人)的样本，我们发现，个人对死亡的恐惧水平显著预测登记为器官捐赠者的意愿较低(研究1和2)。此外，在被问及他们的器官捐赠状态(即他们是否登记为捐赠者)后，未登记的人对死亡的恐惧显著增加。这并没有发生在已登记的人群中，他们过去已经面临成为捐赠者的决定(研究2)。最后，向未登记(无宗教信仰)的人提供一种防御策略来管理他们对死亡的恐惧，从而增加了他们签署器官捐赠承诺的意愿，部分原因是增加了他们的希望感。这些发现对增加器官捐献登记的意义进行了讨论。

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Social Psychological and Personality Science PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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12.50

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1.80%

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