Table 1.
Summary Statistics for EBPAS Scale by Selected Worker Demographic Characteristics
| EST Attitude Scale | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Variable |
Requirements Appeal |
Openness |
Divergence |
Total |
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| N | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | |
| Gender | |||||||||||
| Male | 16 | 2.54 | (0.61) | 2.58 | (0.54) | 2.39 | (0.76) | 1.28 | (0.72) | 2.56a | (.41) |
| Female | 40 | 2.88 | (0.81) | 2.91 | (0.67) | 2.80 | (0.54) | 1.26 | (0.63) | 2.83b | (.43) |
| Educational major | |||||||||||
| Education, | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Psychology, | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nursing | 12 | 2.64 | (0.85) | 2.52 | (0.74) | 2.79 | (0.62) | 1.96a | (0.73) | 2.50 | (.37) |
| Social work | 23 | 2.83 | (0.68) | 2.85 | (0.49) | 2.68 | (0.56) | 1.18b | (0.59) | 2.79 | (.34) |
| Other | 18 | 2.80 | (0.79) | 2.99 | (0.77) | 2.56 | (0.76) | 1.09b | (0.49) | 2.81 | (.53) |
| Education | |||||||||||
| HS grad+ | 10 | 3.17 | (0.76) | 2.85 | (0.73) | 2.73 | (0.62) | 1.48 | (0.88) | 2.82 | (.46) |
| Associates | |||||||||||
| Bachelor’s | 20 | 2.87 | (0.73) | 2.91 | (0.63) | 2.63 | (0.54) | 1.25 | (0.55) | 2.79 | (.41) |
| Masters+ | 27 | 2.60 | (0.76) | 2.74 | (0.66) | 2.68 | (0.73) | 1.25 | (0.70) | 2.69 | (.46) |
| PhD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Note. EBPAS = Evidence-Based Practice Attitude scale. Means with different subscripts differ at p < .05 by a Tukey honest significant difference test.