Table 2.
Item Descriptive Statistics for Experimental Item Pool
| Response frequencies | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | M | SD | Mdn | 1 Strongly Disagree |
2 Disagree |
3 Somewhat Disagree |
4 Somewhat Agree |
5 Agree |
6 Strongly Agree |
| 1. The decision about the protocol was mine. | 4.9 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 84 | 78 |
| 2. I was powerless in the face of this decision.* | 4.7 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 58 | 96 |
| 3. Someone took this decision away from me.* | 5.5 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 149 |
| 4. I was actively involved in this decision. | 5.2 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 74 | 110 |
| 5. I made this decision. | 5.0 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 71 | 95 |
| 6. The decision about the protocol was pressured by others.* | 5.2 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 68 | 111 |
| 7. It didn't matter what I decided.* | 5.2 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 68 | 118 |
| 8. I was not free to decide what I wanted.* | 5.3 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 67 | 125 |
| 9. The decision was made by another person.* | 5.0 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 78 | 96 |
| 10. I was helpless in the face of this decision.* | 4.9 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 71 | 97 |
| 11. I was the one to choose. | 4.8 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 78 | 73 |
| 12. The decision about the protocol was my choice. | 4.8 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 78 | 73 |
| 13. I was passive in the face of this decision.* | 4.7 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 77 | 77 |
| 14. I had an influence on the decision about the protocol. | 4.2 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 21 | 33 | 18 | 23 | 67 | 57 |
| 15. The decision about the protocol was inappropriately influenced by others.* | 5.4 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 85 | 116 |
| 16. I was not in control of this decision.* | 5.0 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 71 | 107 |
| 17. I had no role in making the decision about the protocol.* | 5.2 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 64 | 119 |
| 18. Others made this decision against my wishes.* | 5.6 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 157 |
| 19. I was not the one to choose.* | 5.2 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 74 | 113 |
| 20. Others were in control of this decision.* | 4.9 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 64 | 103 |
| 21. I was able to express my point of view about the decision. | 5.2 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 94 | 98 |
| 22. I was free to decide what I wanted. | 5.1 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 90 | 96 |
| 23. The decision about the protocol was manipulated by others.* | 5.3 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 79 | 115 |
| 24. The decision was up to me. | 4.9 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 84 | 81 |
| 25. The decision was beyond my control.* | 4.8 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 79 | 86 |
| 26. I was in control of this decision. | 4.8 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 78 | 76 |
| 27. The decision was out of my hands.* | 5.0 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 80 | 97 |
| 28. I chose whether or not to agree to the protocol. | 5.2 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 85 | 98 |
*
Item was reverse-scored prior to calculation of descriptive statistics and frequencies.