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Help Is in Your Blood—Incentive to “Double Altruism” Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox
Blood donation is considered as one of the purest forms of altruism. Plasma donation, in contrast, despite being a similar process, is mostly a paid activity in which donors are compensated for their contribution to the production of therapeutic preparations. This creates a so-called “plasma paradox...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8458749/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34566745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.653848 |
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author | Gyuris, Petra Gáspár, Baksa Gergely Birkás, Béla Csókási, Krisztina Kocsor, Ferenc |
author_facet | Gyuris, Petra Gáspár, Baksa Gergely Birkás, Béla Csókási, Krisztina Kocsor, Ferenc |
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description | Blood donation is considered as one of the purest forms of altruism. Plasma donation, in contrast, despite being a similar process, is mostly a paid activity in which donors are compensated for their contribution to the production of therapeutic preparations. This creates a so-called “plasma paradox:” If remuneration is promised for a socially useful effort, volunteers with altruistic motives might be deterred. At the same time, regular plasma donors who pursue the monetary benefits of donation might drop out if remuneration stops. The same controversy can be caught in the messages of most plasma donation companies as well: They promise a monetary reward (MR), and at the same time, highlight the altruistic component of donation. In this study, we tested the assumption that emphasizing the social significance enhances the willingness to donate blood plasma more effectively than either MR or the combination of these two incentives. This had to be rejected since there was no significant difference between the three scenarios. Furthermore, we also hypothesized that individuals might be more motivated to donate plasma if there is a possibility of offering an MR toward other socially beneficial aims. We found an increased willingness to donate in scenarios enabling “double altruism”, that is, when donating plasma for therapeutic use and transferring their remuneration to nongovernmental organizations, is an option. We propose relying on double altruism to resolve the plasma paradox, and suggest that it could serve as a starting point for the development of more optimized means for donor recruitment. |
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spelling | pubmed-84587492021-09-24 Help Is in Your Blood—Incentive to “Double Altruism” Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox Gyuris, Petra Gáspár, Baksa Gergely Birkás, Béla Csókási, Krisztina Kocsor, Ferenc Front Psychol Psychology Blood donation is considered as one of the purest forms of altruism. Plasma donation, in contrast, despite being a similar process, is mostly a paid activity in which donors are compensated for their contribution to the production of therapeutic preparations. This creates a so-called “plasma paradox:” If remuneration is promised for a socially useful effort, volunteers with altruistic motives might be deterred. At the same time, regular plasma donors who pursue the monetary benefits of donation might drop out if remuneration stops. The same controversy can be caught in the messages of most plasma donation companies as well: They promise a monetary reward (MR), and at the same time, highlight the altruistic component of donation. In this study, we tested the assumption that emphasizing the social significance enhances the willingness to donate blood plasma more effectively than either MR or the combination of these two incentives. This had to be rejected since there was no significant difference between the three scenarios. Furthermore, we also hypothesized that individuals might be more motivated to donate plasma if there is a possibility of offering an MR toward other socially beneficial aims. We found an increased willingness to donate in scenarios enabling “double altruism”, that is, when donating plasma for therapeutic use and transferring their remuneration to nongovernmental organizations, is an option. We propose relying on double altruism to resolve the plasma paradox, and suggest that it could serve as a starting point for the development of more optimized means for donor recruitment. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8458749/ /pubmed/34566745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.653848 Text en Copyright © 2021 Gyuris, Gáspár, Birkás, Csókási and Kocsor. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Gyuris, Petra Gáspár, Baksa Gergely Birkás, Béla Csókási, Krisztina Kocsor, Ferenc Help Is in Your Blood—Incentive to “Double Altruism” Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox |
title | Help Is in Your Blood—Incentive to “Double Altruism” Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox |
title_full | Help Is in Your Blood—Incentive to “Double Altruism” Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox |
title_fullStr | Help Is in Your Blood—Incentive to “Double Altruism” Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox |
title_full_unstemmed | Help Is in Your Blood—Incentive to “Double Altruism” Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox |
title_short | Help Is in Your Blood—Incentive to “Double Altruism” Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox |
title_sort | help is in your blood—incentive to “double altruism” resolves the plasma donation paradox |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8458749/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34566745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.653848 |
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