Table 2.
Linear regression model demonstrating the effect of several variables of interest on factor scores.
| Covariates | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender* | Position† | Modality‡ | Bioethics center§ resources** | Satisfaction with ethics | Interest in ethics†† | |||||
| Factors | Female | Postdoc | Staff | Students | DBS/TMS Component | PET/SPECT Component | Present | Satisfied | Moderate interest | Great interest |
| ISSUES | ||||||||||
| Confidentiality and consent | 0.21 (p < 0.05) | −0.31 (p < 0.05) | 0.28 (p < 0.05) | 0.06 (p = 0.64) | 0.01 (p = 0.93) | 0.03 (p = 0.86) | −0.11 (p = 0.47) | 0.23 (p < 0.05) | 0.13 (p = 0.20) | 0.25 (p < 0.05) |
| External forces on academic productivity | −0.04 (p = 0.72) | −0.29 (p = 0.11) | −0.17 (p = 0.23) | −0.35 (p < 0.05) | −0.20 (p = 0.30) | −0.47 (p < 0.05) | −0.05 (p = 0.77) | 0.08 (p = 0.47) | 0.28 (p < 0.05) | 0.37 (p < 0.05) |
| Conflict of interest | −0.45 (p < 0.01) | −0.04 (p = 0.81) | 0.24 (p = 0.10) | 0.23 (p = 0.13) | −0.23 (p = 0.24) | 0.14 (p = 0.48) | 0.09 (p = 0.62) | −0.03 (p = 0.80) | 0.30 (p < 0.05) | 0.60 (p < 0.01) |
| Vulnerability and expectations | 0.34 (p < 0.01) | 0.11 (p = 0.54) | −0.30 (p < 0.05) | −0.35 (p < 0.05) | −0.30 (p = 0.11) | −0.13 (p = 0.51) | −0.03 (p = 0.88) | −0.04 (p = 0.72) | 0.47 (p < 0.01) | 0.69 (p < 0.01) |
| MOTIVATORS | ||||||||||
| External factors | 0.07 (p = 0.50) | 0.67 (p < 0.01) | 0.67 (p < 0.01) | 0.66 (p < 0.01) | −0.21 (p = 0.21) | −0.09 (p = 0.60) | 0.01 (p = 0.94) | 0.24 (p < 0.05) | 0.33 (p < 0.01) | 0.30 (p < 0.05) |
| Trust and reciprocity | 0.42 (p < 0.01) | −0.03 (p = 0.87) | 0.22 (p = 0.08) | −0.14 (p = 0.26) | 0.08 (p = 0.63) | −0.20 (p = 0.24) | 0.17 (p = 0.24) | −0.08 (p = 0.42) | 0.37 (p < 0.01) | 0.83 (p < 0.01) |
| Requirements | 0.14 (p = 0.12) | −0.33 (p < 0.05) | −0.26 (p < 0.05) | −0.20 (p = 0.10) | 0.41 (p < 0.01) | 0.29 (p = 0.08) | 0.29 (p < 0.05) | 0.25 (p < 0.01) | −0.08 (p = 0.46) | −0.33 (p < 0.01) |
| Virtue | 0.11 (p = 0.19) | −0.38 (p < 0.01) | −0.11 (p = 0.33) | −0.32 (p < 0.01) | 0.00 (p = 0.97) | 0.07 (p = 0.65) | 0.06 (p = 0.66) | 0.11 (p = 0.21) | 0.30 (p < 0.01) | 0.35 (p < 0.01) |
| Communication | −0.06 (p = 0.58) | −0.05 (p = 0.77) | −0.22 (p = 0.14) | −0.27 (p = 0.07) | −0.09 (p = 0.62) | −0.22 (p = 0.27) | −0.32 (p = 0.07) | −0.03 (p = 0.81) | 0.18 (p = 0.16) | 0.26 (p = 0.07) |
| BARRIERS | ||||||||||
| Lack of resources | 0.07 (p = 0.44) | 0.34 (p < 0.05) | 0.24 (p < 0.05) | 0.22 (p = 0.07) | 0.11 (p = 0.46) | 0.06 (p = 0.73) | −0.09 (p = 0.50) | −0.70 (p < 0.01) | 0.23 (p < 0.05) | 0.66 (p < 0.01) |
| Administrative burden | −0.01 (p = 0.89) | −0.31 (p = 0.06) | −0.62 (p < 0.01) | −0.51 (p < 0.01) | 0.41 (p < 0.05) | 0.19 (p = 0.30) | 0.45 (p < 0.01) | −0.16 (p = 0.13) | −0.08 (p = 0.49) | −0.36 (p < 0.01) |
| Indifference | −0.29 (p < 0.01) | 0.46 (p < 0.01) | 0.49 (p < 0.01) | 0.56 (p < 0.01) | −0.13 (p = 0.49) | 0.10 (p = 0.60) | 0.08 (p = 0.63) | 0.06 (p = 0.60) | −0.24 (p = 0.06) | −0.66 (p < 0.01) |
| Lack of interest | −0.16 (p = 0.13) | 0.28 (p = 0.11) | −0.06 (p = 0.69) | 0.12 (p = 0.40) | −0.24 (p = 0.19) | −0.16 (p = 0.41) | −0.11 (p = 0.51) | −0.30 (p < 0.01) | −0.31 (p < 0.05) | −0.45 (p < 0.01) |
All effects are relative to reference categories as follows: *male; †faculty; ‡MRI and imaging genetics; §no local bioethics center; **not satisfied; ††not interested. Bolded values: p < 0.05.