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dc.contributor.authorMasser, Barbara M
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Katherine M
dc.contributor.authorHyde, Melissa K
dc.contributor.authorTerry, Deborah J
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Natalie G
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:02:50Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:02:50Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2013-10-02T23:30:17Z
dc.identifier.issn0041-1132
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01981.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/52802
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Donor retention poses a significant problem to blood collection agencies around the world. Previous research using an augmented theory of planned behavior (TPB) approach has demonstrated that attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy, moral norm, anticipated regret, donation anxiety from prior blood donations, and self-identity as a blood donor predicts experienced donors' intentions and that intentions, self-efficacy, moral norm, and anticipated regret may impact upon people's actual blood donation behavior. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Established blood donors (n = 263) completed questionnaires assessing standard TPB constructs, anticipated regret, moral norm, donation anxiety, and self-identity as a blood donor. Three months later, a second questionnaire assessing blood donation behavior in the intervening 3 months was mailed and returned by 182 donors. RESULTS: With structural equation modeling, the final augmented TPB model provided an excellent fit to the data and included a direct path from intention to behavior and indirect paths to behavior through intention for attitude, self-efficacy, and anticipated regret. Moral norm, donation anxiety, and donor identity indirectly predicted intention through attitude. In total, 51 percent of the variance in donors' attitudes, 86 percent of variance in donors' intentions, and 70 percent of the variance in donors' behavior were accounted for in the final model. CONCLUSION: An augmented TPB framework proved efficacious in determining the predictors of the intentions and behavior of established blood donors. Further, this framework highlighted the importance of considering in the future how donors' motivations for donating blood may evolve as a function of the number of prior donations.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom320
dc.relation.ispartofpageto329
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalTransfusion
dc.relation.ispartofvolume49
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCardiovascular medicine and haematology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchImmunology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3204
dc.titlePredicting blood donation intentions and behavior among Australian blood donors: testing an extended theory of planned behavior model
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2009 AABB. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
gro.date.issued2009
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gro.griffith.authorHyde, Melissa K.


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