Family Communication Patterns as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Reactance and a Motivation toward Communicating about Being an Organ Donor with Family

• In Event: Interpersonal Communication Processes in the Family Context

Abstract

Evidence indicates that psychological reactance predicts action tendencies, but less is known about moderators of this relationship. This study proposed family communication patterns as one such moderator. Participants were exposed to a persuasive message about organ donation. Results showed that family communication patterns impacts the relationship between reactance and a motivation toward family communication about donation. Our discussion focuses on implications of our findings for the family communication patterns, psychological reactance, and organ donation literatures.

Authors

• Brian Quick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• Allison Scott, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign