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Blood Donorship and Psychological Reactance
Author(s) -
Clee M. A.,
Henion K. E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1979.19479250184.x
Subject(s) - reactance , donation , blood donations , blood donor , psychology , social psychology , medicine , applied psychology , immunology , law , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , voltage
Research in social psychology suggests that expressing urgent need in requests for blood donation may result in less volunteering to help, not more. In addition, there is evidence that requests for several donations over a period of time are more likely to meet with refusal than requests for only one donation. These issues were investigated within the framework of a social psychological theory known as reactance theory.