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. 2014 Apr 1;12(2):131–138. doi: 10.1089/bio.2013.0081

Table 2.

Mean Scale Differences and Willingness to Participate in Biospecimen Research

  Unwilling Willing  
  Mean SD Mean SD P value
Cultural beliefs
 Fatalism 25.0 13.1 23.8 13.5 0.3830
 Collectivism 58.6 13.5 62.0 12.2 0.0157
 Individualism 38.1 11.2 37.3 11.2 0.5350
Yin-Yang beliefs 43.5 14.3 40.4 15.2 0.0546
Knowledge of biospecimen research 3.1 2.8 4.0 3.2 0.0029
Health care attitudes and trust 23.1 4.2 25.2 3.5 <0.0001