TABLE 1.

Analysis of the attitudes toward communication (ACO) for nursing students items: Mean (M), SD, item-total correlation (r_jx), and Cronbach’s alpha if it eliminates the element (α-x).

Complete instrument (α = 0.84)	M	SD	rjx	α -x
ACO 1	1.95	0.99	0.36	0.83
ACO 2	1.65	0.89	0.32	0.83
ACO 3	1.82	0.93	0.43	0.83
ACO 4	1.74	0.92	0.30	0.84
ACO 5	1.49	0.80	0.38	0.83
ACO 6	1.65	0.87	0.40	0.83
ACO 7	1.58	0.86	0.38	0.83
ACO 8	1.42	0.78	0.25	0.84
ACO 9	1.57	0.85	0.29	0.84
ACO 10	1.61	0.84	0.34	0.83
ACO 11	1.40	0.74	0.35	0.83
ACO 12	1.84	0.99	0.36	0.83
ACO 13	4.41	1.10	0.28	0.84
ACO 14	4.50	0.87	0.37	0.83
ACO 15	4.59	0.84	0.44	0.83
ACO 16	4.57	0.82	0.39	0.83
ACO 17	4.62	0.79	0.41	0.83
ACO 18	4.67	0.75	0.46	0.83
ACO 19	4.65	0.75	0.45	0.83
ACO 20	4.67	0.71	0.41	0.83
ACO 21	4.59	0.77	0.45	0.83
ACO 22	4.68	0.72	0.45	0.83
ACO 23	4.77	0.65	0.47	0.83
ACO 24	4.76	0.67	0.46	0.83
ACO 25	4.77	0.68	0.46	0.83