Table 2.

Physicians’ attitudes and their perceived self efficacy (confidence) for counseling patients (N = 41)

Attitude subscales	Mean	SD
Positive treatment beliefs (8 items)	4.34	0.49
Negative attitudes towards patients (3 items)	4.37	0.45
Addiction as treatable (2 items)	4.21	0.72
Self-efficacy subscales	Mean	SD
Confidence in initiating change (2 items)	3.63	0.54
Confidence in screening (3 items)	4.19	0.48
Confidence in assessment and intervention (5 items)	3.54	0.87

Scales ranged from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5).