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Testing an extended theory of planned behavior to predict young people's intentions to join a bone marrow donor registry
Author(s) -
Hyde Melissa K.,
White Katherine M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12195
Subject(s) - regret , theory of planned behavior , psychology , social psychology , legal norm , norm (philosophy) , variance (accounting) , perceived control , control (management) , join (topology) , computer science , accounting , artificial intelligence , machine learning , political science , law , business , mathematics , combinatorics
An extended theory of planned behavior ( TPB ) was used to understand the factors, particularly control perceptions and affective reactions, given conflicting findings in previous research, informing younger people's intentions to join a bone marrow registry. Participants ( N = 174) completed attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control ( PBC ), moral norm, anticipated regret, self‐identity, and intention items for registering. The extended TPB (except PBC ) explained 67.2% of variance in intention. Further testing is needed as to the volitional nature of registering. Moral norm, anticipated regret, and self‐identity are likely intervention targets for increasing younger people's bone marrow registry participation.