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Lin, Yiling, Osman, Magda, Harris, Adam J. L. and Read, Daniel (2018) Underlying wishes and nudged choices. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Applied, 24 (4). pp. 459-475. doi:10.1037/xap0000183

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Abstract

Is the inferred preference from a choice to donate stronger when the choice was made under a mandated rather than the automatic default (nudged choice) legislative system? The answer to this is particularly important because families can, and do, veto the choices of their deceased relatives. In three studies, we asked American and European participants from countries that have either a default opt - in or default opt - out system to take on the role of a third party to judge the likelihood that an individual’s “true wish” was to actually donate their organs, given that they were registered to donate on the organ donation register. In each study, participants were randomly assigned to one of the organ donation legislative systems (default opt - in, default opt - out, mandated choice or mandatory). Overall, regardless of which country participants came from, they perceived the donor’s underlying preference to donate as stronger under the default opt - in and mandated choice systems as compared to the default opt - out and mandatory donor systems. We discuss the practical issues that result from using default systems in the domain of organ donation and propose potential ways to ameliorate the uncertainty around inferences of underlying preference from a nudged choice.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
R Medicine > RD Surgery
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Psychological aspects, Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Experimental Psychology : Applied
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISSN: 1076-898X
Official Date: December 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2018Published
16 August 2018Available
15 May 2018Accepted
Volume: 24
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 459-475
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000183
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: "©American Psychological Association, 2018. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: 10.1037/xap0000183"
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders: American Psychological Association
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDQueen Mary University of Londonhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009148
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