The Relationship of Commitment‐Free Behavior and Commitment Behavior: A Study of Attitude Toward Organ Transplantation

Abstract

A highly reliable Likert‐type summated rating scale was constructed to measure attitude toward organ transplantation, judged to be a contemporary topic with ambiguous normative guidelines. Subsequently, a sample of subjects was presented the opportunity to sign a legal document providing for posthumous donation of their organs. Responses to the criterion situation provided an eight‐point Guttman scale of commitment behavior. There was a substantial relationship between attitude scores and criterion behavior as expressed in a Pearson correlation coefficient of .58.

The Effectiveness of High- and Low-Intensity Worksite Campaigns to Promote Organ Donation: The Workplace Partnership for Life

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Attitude–Behavior Relations: A Meta-Analysis of Attitudinal Relevance and Topic

“…When a study used conation as part of the attitudinal elements, we tried to separate responses of a conative nature (behavioral intention) from the attitude scale, leaving only affect and cognition elements (Davidson & Morrison, 1983;McGuinness, Jones, & Cole, 1977;Ostrom, 1969). However, we excluded a study by Goodmonson and Glaudin (1971), because it mixed the cona-tion measure in a single scale with affective and cognitive components, making it impossible to separate behavioral-intent items from the scale.…”

The role of affect in attitudes toward organ donation and donor-relevant decisions

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