{"id":1153,"date":"2020-10-28T19:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2021-07-02T08:32:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T22:32:07","slug":"blood-branded-bandage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/blood-branded-bandage\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood branded bandage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1153\" class=\"elementor elementor-1153\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-462e0b6e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"462e0b6e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46061be\" data-id=\"46061be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6247ceab elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6247ceab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are men seen as generous or a bragger if they wear a branded bandage after donating blood?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a260421 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/word-press-profile-pic-2-e1575510701876.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-202\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/word-press-profile-pic-2-e1575510701876.jpg 421w, https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/word-press-profile-pic-2-e1575510701876-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a0cbf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a0cbf7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5294309\" data-id=\"5294309\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96680ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96680ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Michael Lam, Barbara Masser and Mel Hyde<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-643e37e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"643e37e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-184c68a\" data-id=\"184c68a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aba0b2e elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aba0b2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Women outnumber men as blood donors in many countries, especially in younger age groups. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsbt.nhs.uk\/news\/young-people-have-the-biggest-gender-gap-in-blood-donation\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, young men aged 17 to 34 years are two times less likely to donate blood compared to women of the same age. In <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/vox.12625\">Australia<\/a>, men aged under 40 years make up only about 20% of whole blood donors, compared to 30% for female donors in this same age group.<\/p><p>Why could this be a problem? Compared to women, men are less likely to be <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/vox.12625\">deferred<\/a> from donating blood for medical reasons and are less likely to have an adverse reaction when donating. In some countries, men are also allowed to donate more often than women to ensure the safety of the procedure for all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donateblood.com.au\/sites\/default\/files\/Why_iron_and_haemoglobin_are_important_June2012.pdf\">donors<\/a>. This means that while blood donor centres need women to donate, they also need more men to present to \u2018roll up their sleeves\u2019.<\/p><p>So just how can we encourage more men to donate? A <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/vox.12625\">systematic review<\/a> by Lifeblood\u2019s R&amp;D Donor Behaviour team identified that in countries where donors are not paid to donate, the four most common factors that encouraged men to donate were perceived pressured by family or friends, viewing incentives (e.g., gifts, prize draws) positively, wanting the opportunity to have their health checked, and generally wanting to help others (i.e., altruism). However, the main take home from this review was how very little we know about how to encourage men to donate, particularly younger men, and those donating for the first and subsequent times.<\/p><p>In response to this knowledge gap, a <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/tme.12233\">number<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/vox.12625\">researchers<\/a> suggested using <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Costly_signaling_theory_in_evolutionary_psychology\">Costly Signalling Theory<\/a> in marketing campaigns to encourage more men to donate. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1090513800000313\">Costly Signalling Theory<\/a> comes from evolutionary psychology and the basic idea is that certain behaviours can serve as a display of a person\u2019s underlying traits (i.e., characteristics) that may be attractive to others. Think of a <a href=\"https:\/\/animals.mom.com\/peacocks-spread-feathers-2729.html\">peacock fanning<\/a> his tail to show the colours and eyespots for a female to judge his worthiness as a mate. According to this line of thinking, donating blood could serve as a signal of a blood donor\u2019s otherwise unseen or unknown positive traits, such as their <a href=\"https:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/download?doi=10.1.1.621.5917&amp;rep=rep1&amp;type=pdf\">health or generosity<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0And the theory specifies that finding a way to subtly communicate such positive traits to others may be particularly motivating to men. However, as a costly behaviour donating blood has a pretty limited audience, with it only really seen by those present in the donor centre.\u00a0 But could a signal showing that someone has just donated blood \u2013 like a sticker or the routinely applied post-donation bandage \u2013 be enough to communicate to others that this person has desirable traits?<\/p><p>We conducted an experiment to see what types of traits people associate with someone who signals that they are a blood donor.\u00a0We asked 242 people to rate a young male target on \u00a0various traits, such as generosity, health, and self-promotion. People saw one of three versions of the same male target who wore either (1) no bandage, (2) a plain bandage, or (3) a blood donation branded bandage (images below). \u00a0We reasoned that while a plain bandage may signal blood donation, it could also simply indicate that the person is injured.\u00a0 As such, we included a bandage that more clearly communicated the reason for why it was being worn &#8211; a bandage with a photoshopped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20190208\/New-blood-drop-emoji-due-to-hit-smartphone-keyboards-in-the-spring.aspx\">blood drop<\/a> on it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5452450 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5452450\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0caf5e6\" data-id=\"0caf5e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d654cc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d654cc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><i>Pictures of male target<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-832d1cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"832d1cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imgblog-1024x448.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1162\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imgblog-1024x448.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imgblog-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imgblog-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imgblog-615x269.png 615w, https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imgblog-640x280.png 640w, https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imgblog-686x300.png 686w, https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imgblog-512x224.png 512w, https:\/\/research.psy.uq.edu.au\/dorn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imgblog.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f37c33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f37c33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90d311d\" data-id=\"90d311d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-157981a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"157981a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39ffa8d\" data-id=\"39ffa8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561b3e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"561b3e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We gained three key insights from the results of our experiment. You can read the full paper <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1111\/vox.13018\">here<\/a><\/p><h5 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\"><strong>#1. Blood donation branded bandages signal generosity<\/strong><\/h5><p>On average, people thought that the man was more generous when he wore the blood branded bandage than when he wore either the plain bandage or no bandage. \u00a0When we looked at whether this varied by the gender of the perceiver we saw that women saw the man wearing the branded bandage as most generous.\u00a0 But they also rated the man wearing\u00a0 the plain bandage as more generous than the target without a bandage. However, this was not the case for men who thought the target person was generous regardless of whether he wore any type of bandage or not.<\/p><h5><strong>#2. The reason for wearing a bandage needs to be obvious<\/strong><\/h5><p>Another trait that bandages signal is health status. \u00a0Our target was rated healthiest when he didn\u2019t wear a bandage. This finding highlights the importance of making the reason for wearing a bandage obvious. As a bandage can signal injury, if you want to tell people you are a blood donor then there needs to be a signal (e.g., a blood drop) on the bandage that clearly indicates you\u2019re wearing it because you donated blood.<\/p><h5><strong>#3. Wearing a blood branded bandages is not seen as self-promotional<\/strong><\/h5><p>So clearly signalling that you donate blood brings good things, but knowing this could you be seen as bragging? Our results have good news for donors. The data shows that other people (i.e., observers) do not think that wearing the branded bandage is any more self-promotional than wearing a plain bandage or not wearing a bandage at all.<\/p><p>So, could branded bandages be a new way to encourage men to donate blood? We think it is a promising avenue. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/trf.15913\">Most blood donors<\/a> say they donate blood because it\u2019s a good thing to do and they want to help others. However, without telling others they are a donor, no one will know. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1111\/vox.13018\">experiment<\/a> shows that wearing a branded bandage is one way for donors to subtly signal to others their generosity in giving the gift of life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are men seen as generous or a bragger if they wear a branded bandage after donating blood? 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