Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory Correlates with Personality Characteristics of Organ Donation Advocates |
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| Authors: | Karen M Schmidt Patricia Lee Llewellyn Gloria J Taylor Phyllis G Weber Barry Hong Robert Sellers Cherry Wise Colleen Wolak Lin McGaw Susan Nielson |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia;(2) United Network of Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia;(3) California Transplant Donor Network, Oakland, California;(4) Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri;(5) Wright Institute, Berkeley, California;(6) Zurich Scudder Co., Chicago, Illinois;(7) United Network of Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia;(8) Longwood Community College, Farmville, Virginia |
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| Abstract: | Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and background questionnaire data were collected from a sample of men and women organ donation advocates (N = 362) as part of a national study to investigate their personality characteristics, temperaments, and attitudes about organ donation advocacy. Goals included identifying unique traits for advocates, and response consistency between the TCI and questionnaire. The TCI results included high scores on Cooperativeness and Self-Directedness, and low on Harm Avoidance dimensions. The questionnaire results indicated that most advocates were White, married, college-educated females, who typically spent less than 2 hr with potential donor families, were satisfied with life and job, and believed they would be in a donation position 2 years from the time surveyed. TCI and questionnaire measures were correlated for Self-Transcendence and Spirituality, Helpfulness and Job Satisfaction, and Compassion and Identification variables. |
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| Keywords: | organ donation advocates TCI personality assessment efficacy character and temperament organ donation advocate attitudes |
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