Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #100331

Steven Reiss, PhD, Psychology & Psychiatry, Ohio State Univeristy, 868 Cherryfield Ave., Columbus, OH 43235, 614-292-2390, reiss.7@osu.edu

513 participants completed the Reiss Profile standardized test of fundamental motives. The participants were deliberately selected from diverse sources (motor vehicle registration lines, college students, and human service workers) to increase generality of results. Compared with the "No Donor Card" participants, those with a "Donor Card" showed a higher psychological need for idealism, and lower psychological needs for collecting, order, vindication, and tranquility. The main findings from previous studies were reproduced. The new findings showed associations between non-donor status and the desires to collect/hoard and experience status/prestige. In order to reach those who are currently non-donors, public health officials soliciting for donors should give greater emphasis to the idea that non-donation is wasteful and should make donation more prestigious.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to construct effective solicitations for people to sign state organ cards.

Keywords: Assessments, Education

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commertial supporters WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ownership of copyright of psychological measures.