Why don’t they want to donate? Cultural and psychological factors influencing the organ donation intention among Hong Kong University students
Wanming Liang, Chi-Shing Tse · 2025
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Description
Hong Kong's organ donation rate lags the developed world, and its university students, young enough to commit for life, hesitate for reasons worth mapping. Wanming Liang and Chi-Shing Tse surveyed 280 students in 2025 on anxiety about death, altruism, self-confidence, social support, personality, and Buddhist and karmic beliefs.
Death anxiety and Buddhist beliefs about keeping the body whole pulled intentions down. Confidence and feeling supported pushed them up. Personality traits and altruism, surprisingly, did not matter directly, though gloomy thinking worked against donation through raising death anxiety, worst in students with low confidence. The authors suggest campaigns should soothe existential fears and build decision confidence, in culturally sensitive ways.
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| CREATOR | Wanming Liang, Chi-Shing Tse |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |