New donors, loyal donors, and regular donors: Which motivations sustain blood donation?

作者：Guiddi Paolo^*; Alfieri Sara; Marta Elena; Saturni Vincenzo

来源：Transfusion and Apheresis Science, 2015, 52(3): 339-344.

DOI：10.1016/j.transci.2015.02.018

• Blood donation
• Motivations
• New donors
• Loyal donors
• Volunteer function inventory

Background: The present contribution aims to investigate the motivations underlying blood donation and to probe how these differ on the basis of number of donations and donors' gender.
Materials and methods: A total of 237 Italian donors (64.6% male) were administered a self-report questionnaire containing socio-demographic variables and Omoto and Snyder's Motivations for Volunteerism Scale adapted to blood donation.
Results and discussion: The results reveal: (a) significant differences between new donors (1-4 donations) and loyal donors (5-15 donations) as well as between new donors and regular donors (more than 16 donations) emerge with respect to social motivations and ego-protection, which increase proportionately to number of donations; (b) gender differences

• 出版日期2015-6