Table 5.

Mean Score by Construct and by Annual Number of Abuse Disclosures

	Never	None this year	1–19	20+	Missing
Preparedness	2.45 (0.46)	2.88 (0.48)^	2.90 (0.44)^	3.34 (0.44)^* #	3.03 (0.60)
Self-confidence	2.70 (0.37)	2.97 (0.43)^	2.99 (0.39)^	3.42 (0.44)^* #	3.00 (0.63)
Practitioner lack of control	3.07 (0.39)	3.28 (0.35)^	3.29 (0.38)^	3.54 (0.36)^	3.26 (0.40)
Comfort following disclosure	2.88 (0.51)	3.14 (0.44)^	3.16 (0.49)^	3.46 (0.47)^	3.33 (0.56)
Professional supports	2.36 (0.48)	2.56 (0.54)	2.59 (0.56)^	3.19 (0.58)^* #	2.46 (0.57)
Practice pressures	2.88 (0.39)	3.03 (0.42)	3.00 (0.49)^	3.34 (0.55)^	2.67 (0.42)
Abuse inquiry	2.62 (0.30)	2.88 (0.37)^	2.96 (0.38)^	3.26 (0.38)^*	2.98 (0.43)
Practitioner consequences of asking	2.86 (0.46)	2.98 (0.44)	3.01 (0.49)^	3.18 (0.45)	2.63 (0.61)

Number in parenthesis is the standard deviation associated with the mean; one-way ANOVA, Dunnett's t-test used to test significance of post hoc tests; ^: significantly higher than "never"; *significantly higher than "none this year"; #: significantly higher than "1–19 this year"; all cases p < 0.01