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The Relationship of Commitment-Free Behavior and Commitment Behavior: A Study of Attitude Toward Organ Transplantation.
- Source :
- Journal of Social Issues; Dec1971, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p171-183, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 1971
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224537
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Social Issues
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19070780
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1971.tb00684.x