Exact(3)
Participants rated these items along their corresponding response scales and the ratings were summed for a total scale score.
The scores are averaged for a total scale ranging from 1 to 7. The aim of this study was to develop an implementation intervention that could be used to promote physiotherapist behaviour change in primary care.
Summing participants' responses for a total scale score is one of two ways (the other is to use a single item) the SBQ-R has been validated (Osman et al., 2001) and is consistent with existing literature (e.g., Bryan, Cukrowicz, West, & Morrow, 2010; Charbrol, Chauchard, & Girabet, 2008; Johnson, Gooding, Wood, & Tarrier, 2010; Osman et al., 2002; Taylor, Wood, Gooding, & Tarrier, 2010).
Similar(5)
To create a total scale score for the OMS-HC, all 15 items are summed for each participant.
Between-group comparisons for all total scale scores are shown in Table 2.
Accordingly, in the present study homophobia was measured using the 10 items of this Attitudes to Homosexuality scale, which comprised statements like 'Homosexuality is obscene and vulgar', and 'Homosexual men should be allowed to work as schoolteachers' (see Appendix A for the total scale).
The value of the Cronbach's a for the total scale was 0.90.
The MISS is internally consistent (Cronbach's a =.89 for the total scale) and split-half reliability suggests that the scale measures a single construct (PTSD), although some have questioned whether the scale measures just PTSD or PTSD plus depression [ 81].
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