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. 2021 Jul 20;21:221. doi: 10.1186/s12911-021-01586-8

Table 3.

Descriptives for openness, concern, and benefit scores and psychosocial variables

No. of items Cronbach’s α Min Max Mean SD 95% CI for mean
Opennessa 6 .80 1.0 5.0 3.06 .87 [3.00, 3.12]
Concern 22 .92 1.2 7.0 5.34 .82 [5.29, 5.39]
Benefit 16 .89 2.6 7.0 5.49 .75 [5.44, 5.54]
Health System Trust Index 20 .91 4.0 16.0 9.48 2.63 [9.31, 9.65]
Trust in technology 3 .89 1.0 7.0 4.95 1.32 [4.87, 5.03]
Faith in technology 4 .87 1.0 7.0 5.56 .83 [5.51, 5.61]
Conscientiousness 2 .67 1.5 7.0 5.59 1.23 [5.51, 5.67]
Agreeableness 2 .55 1.0 7.0 5.37 1.30 [5.29, 5.45]
Extraversion 2 .80 1.0 7.0 3.37 1.77 [3.26, 3.48]
Emotional stability 2 .82 1.0 7.0 4.91 1.64 [4.80, 5.02]
Openness (trait-based) 2 .61 1.0 7.0 5.08 1.34 [4.99, 5.17]
Social conservatism 7 .90 0.0 100.0 55.77 25.65 [54.13, 57.40]
Economic conservatism 5 .73 0.0 100.0 53.63 20.53 [52.31, 54.95]

N = 936, except for agreeableness (n = 935), emotional stability (n = 934), faith in technology (n = 934), trust in technology (n = 933) due to missing data

aCorrelations between the Perspective of AI Technologies scores: Openness with concern, r = − .52, 95% CI [− .57, − .47]; openness with benefit, r = .61, 95% CI [.57, .65]; concern with benefit, r = − .05 CI [− .11, − .01]