title: Blood donation fears inventory: development and validation of a measure of fear specific to the blood donation setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although individual differences in fear of stimuli related to blood donation is a key determinant of donor recruitment and retention, a donation-specific fear measure has yet to be developed.
  
  
  METHODS
  A donation-related fear measure was developed and tested on an initial sample of donors and non-donors, and then re-evaluated on a second sample to confirm the observed factor structure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analyses supported a four-factor structure, with subscales related to fear of: (1) syncopal symptoms, (2) blood and needles, (3) social evaluation, and (4) health screen results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Blood Donation Fears Inventory is a novel measure to assess fears held by current and potential blood donors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kowalsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA. Electronic address: France@ohio.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: France
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
authors.forename: Janis L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: France
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
authors.forename: Lina K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Himawan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Blood donation; Fear; Scale development