Cross-cultural adaption and psychometric investigation of the German version of the Evidence Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS-36D)

Szota, Katharina; Thielemann, Jonathan F. B.; Christiansen, Hanna; Rye, Marte; Aarons, Gregory A.; Barke, Antonia

doi:10.1186/s12961-021-00736-8

Table 2 Item analyses of EBPAS-36D

From: Cross-cultural adaption and psychometric investigation of the German version of the Evidence Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS-36D)

Item	Short description	M (SD)	p_i	r_{itc total}	α_{total if deleted}	r_{itc subscale}	α_{subscale if deleted}	Valid n	Missing values (%)
1	Like to use new therapy/interventions	2.85 (0.80)	0.71	0.358	0.89	0.516	0.73	599	0 (0.00)
2	Will follow a treatment manual	2.75 (1.05)	0.69	0.617	0.88	0.621	0.62	599	0 (0.00)
3	Will try therapy/interventions developed by researchers	2.99 (0.82)	0.75	0.572	0.88	0.615	0.62	599	0 (0.00)
4 (r)	Research based treatments/interventions not useful	3.22 (0.93)	0.81	0.404	0.89	0.473	0.55	599	0 (0.00)
5 (r)	Clinical experience more important	1.65 (1.06)	0.41	0.479	0.88	0.441	0.59	599	0 (0.00)
6 (r)	Would not use manualized therapy/interventions	3.29 (1.03)	0.82	0.551	0.88	0.479	0.53	599	0 (0.00)
7	Makes sense	3.58 (0.63)	0.90	0.374	0.89	0.449	0.68	599	0 (0.00)
8	Supervisor required	2.14 (1.10)	0.54	0.520	0.88	0.841	0.79	599	4 (0.67)
9	Agency required	2.17 (1.09)	0.54	0.501	0.88	0.870	0.76	599	3 (0.50)
10	State required	2.26 (0.96)	0.56	0.421	0.89	0.655	0.94	599	1 (0.17)
11	Colleagues happy with therapy	2.92 (0.89)	0.73	0.429	0.89	0.517	0.59	599	2 (0.33)
12	Enough training	3.26 (0.86)	0.82	0.532	0.88	0.583	0.49	599	1 (0.17)
13	Right for your clients	3.71 (0.62)	0.93	0.329	0.89	0.506	0.58	599	1 (0.17)
14	Had a say in how to use the evidence-based practice	3.22 (0.90)	0.81	0.288	0.89	0.478	0.63	599	1 (0.17)
15	Fit with your clinical approach	3.51 (0.74)	0.88	0.272	0.89	0.522	0.54	599	1 (0.17)
16 (r)	Clients with multiple problems	2.48 (1.07)	0.62	0.410	0.89	0.588	0.83	581	2 (0.34)
17 (r)	Not individualized	2.35 (1.11)	0.59	0.474	0.88	0.714	0.71	581	2 (0.34)
18 (r)	Too narrowly focused	1.99 (1.10)	0.50	0.514	0.88	0.718	0.70	581	2 (0.34)
19 (r)	Work without oversight	2.06 (1.22)	0.52	0.363	0.89	0.688	0.60	581	2 (0.34)
20 (r)	Looking over my shoulder	2.18 (1.23)	0.55	0.292	0.89	0.626	0.67	581	2 (0.34)
21 (r)	My work does not need to be monitored	1.90 (1.22)	0.48	0.318	0.89	0.513	0.27	581	2 (0.34)
22 (r)	Positive outcome is an art	2.73 (0.99)	0.68	0.489	0.88	0.524	0.46	581	2 (0.34)
23 (r)	Therapy is an art and a science	1.24 (1.14)	0.31	0.175	0.89	0.432	0.59	581	2 (0.34)
24 (r)	Overall competence is more important	1.38 (1.02)	0.35	0.437	0.89	0.422	0.59	581	2 (0.34)
25 (r)	Don’t have time to learn anything new	2.90 (1.06)	0.73	0.133	0.89	0.628	0.76	581	2 (0.34)
26 (r)	Can’t meet other obligations	3.02 (1.01)	0.76	.067	0.89	0.726	0.67	581	5 (0.86)
27 (r)	How to fit evidence-based practice in	2.87 (1.14)	0.72	0.199	0.89	0.618	0.78	581	2 (0.34)
28	Help me keep my job	0.83 (1.11)	0.21	0.431	0.89	0.653	0.95	581	5 (0.86)
29	Help me get a new job	1.52 (1.32)	0.38	0.538	0.88	0.870	0.76	581	3 (0.52)
30	Make it easier to find work	1.50 (1.32)	0.38	0.522	0.88	0.850	0.78	581	4 (0.69)
31	Continuing education credits provided	2.25 (1.33)	0.56	0.470	0.88	0.642	0.88	581	4 (0.69)
32	Training provided	2.54 (1.20)	0.64	0.587	0.88	0.806	0.71	581	3 (0.52)
33	Ongoing support provided	2.41 (1.17)	0.60	0.549	0.88	0.728	0.79	581	3 (0.52)
34	Enjoy feedback on performance	2.92 (0.87)	0.73	0.312	0.89	0.574	0.71	581	4 (0.69)
35	Feedback helps me to be better	3.28 (0.82)	0.82	0.380	0.89	0.709	0.53	581	3 (0.52)
36	Supervision helps me to be better	3.59 (0.69)	0.90	0.214	0.89	0.511	0.76	581	3 (0.52)

p_i: item difficulty, r_itc corrected item-whole correlation. (r): Item to be reverse scored

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