title: How Organ Donors are Different from Non-donors: Responsibility, Barriers, and Religious Involvement.
abstract: To see if religious involvement, previously linked to various health behaviors, was linked to organ donation, 143 ethnically diverse undergraduates stated whether they were registered donors (53% were), and completed measures of organ donation attitudes and religious involvement. Compared with non-donors, donors reported fewer barriers, more family responsibility, and more willingness to receive donor organs, but were not different in religious involvement. Even in 2014, when being a "good Samaritan" by agreeing to organ donation is as easy as checking one box on a driver's license application, religious involvement does not seem to be a factor in checking this box.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling and Behavioral Sciences, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 4123 Woodland Drive, New Orleans, LA, 70131, USA. lrange@olhcc.edu.
authors.forename: Lillian M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Range
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling and Behavioral Sciences, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 4123 Woodland Drive, New Orleans, LA, 70131, USA.
authors.forename: Geoffrey F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Brazda
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Organ donation; Religion; Religious involvement