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Baseline measurements about attitudes of organ donation relating to major concepts are taken and then a message was created to attempt to influence the beliefs of the treatment group. The message , organ donation gives life to the whole family, was unable to move the concept of organ donation closer to the concept of self. Results indicated the observation of organ donors having a closer pre-existing association to the self-concept than non-donors provides evidence for the Galileo theory by reaffirming previous findings indicating association with the self-point is predictive of behavior."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Influencing Attitude on Organ Donation: A Galileo Study"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Woelfel, Joseph","Communication"],"dc:creator":["Swiat, Sarah; 0000-0002-5001-4596"],"dc:date":["2019-07-30T15:11:21Z","2019","2019-05-15 14:32:10"],"dc:description":["M.A.","The number and proportion of registered organ donors who convert to actual donors has not nearly kept up with the demand for life-saving organs needed to further and save lives. Negative attitudes and beliefs about organ donation serve as a deterrent for efforts to increase registration rates nationally. 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