Table 6.
Correlations between subscale scores for the Asking About Alcohol (AAA) Scale and age, experience, and theoretically related constructs
| Subscale | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Discomfort | Capacity | Effectiveness | Role | Trust | Knowledge |
| Age (years) | 0.00 | 0.17* | 0.11 | 0.07 | −0.01 | 0.06 |
| Years worked as a midwife | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.11 | −0.05 | 0.14 |
| Intention to ask about alcohol use | 0.43*** | 0.40*** | 0.52*** | 0.59*** | 0.36*** | −0.05 |
| Attitudes to asking about alcohol use: | ||||||
| Useful | 0.22** | 0.16 | 0.39*** | 0.33*** | 0.26** | −0.01 |
| Pleasant | 0.42*** | 0.18* | 0.30*** | 0.29*** | 0.21* | −0.02 |
| Social norms: | ||||||
| Pregnant women expect me to ask | 0.19* | 0.44*** | 0.32*** | 0.36*** | 0.22** | −0.39*** |
| My manager expects me to ask | 0.15 | 0.24** | 0.31*** | 0.52*** | 0.22** | −0.11 |
| Perceived behavioural control: | ||||||
| I am confident to ask | 0.29** | 0.45** | 0.35** | 0.47** | 0.46** | −0.13 |
| Beliefs about alcohol consumption: | ||||||
| Pregnant women should completely abstain | 0.18* | 0.30*** | 0.31*** | 0.49*** | 0.24** | −0.03 |
| Infrequent drinking is not harmful | −0.36*** | −0.18* | −0.34*** | −0.37*** | −0.29*** | −0.12 |
Spearman rank correlation coefficients reported
Due to missing data, numbers vary between 149 and 159
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001