Attitude–behavior consistency, the principle of compatibility, and organ donation: A classic innovation.

Abstract

The lack of attitude-behavior consistency in the organ donor domain can be partially explained by limited compliance with the principle of compatibility.

Children with positive attitudes towards mind-wandering provide invalid subjective reports of mind-wandering during an experimental task

“…First, our data indicated that children with positive attitudes towards MW reported more MW during the SART than children with negative attitudes, which is consistent with previous studies conducted by the introspection task (Hurlburt, 1980). This result also supports the notion of attitude-behaviour consistency that attitudes should be strongly associated with behaviours (e.g., (De Houwer, Custers, & De Clercq, 2006;Siegel, Navarro, Tan, & Hyde, 2014;Swanson, Swanson, & Greenwald, 2001).…”

The Value of Being Discrete: The Differential and Causal Effects of Positive Affect and Discrete Positive Emotions on Organ Donor Registration Outcomes

“…Specific attitudes towards organ donor registration were examined using a modified five‐item, 7‐point semantic differential scale (Siegel, Navarro, Tan, & Hyde, ; α = .96). Each item asked participants to consider their attitudes toward registering as a donor.…”

“…A three‐item, 7‐point Likert scale, ranging from very unlikely to very likely , was used to assess intentions to register as an organ donor. This scale, from Siegel and colleagues (), has demonstrated strong internal consistency (α = .97), and has previously been used on both traditional and MTurk samples. A composite score was calculated, with higher scores indicating greater intentions to register as an organ donor.…”

The unique effects of general and specific support in health care technology

“…These includeV but are not limited toVthe consistency of attitudes and behavior toward organ donation (Siegel, Navarro, Tan, & Hyde, 2014), adherence to clinical guidelines (Kortteisto, Kaila, Komulainen, Mäntyranta, & Rissanen, 2010;Puffer & Rashidian, 2004), health literacy (Pleasant, McKinney, & Rikard, 2011), and medication adherence (Sutton, 2011). As one example, a study with intensive care nurses showed that, when nurses' knowledge and attitudes related to bowel management for critically ill patients were improved, nurses were more likely to perform the bowel management practices dictated by the protocol (Knowles et al, 2015).…”