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Table 2 Descriptive and psychometric statistics for each of the psychological and team variables for the three disclosure behaviours.

From: Which factors explain variation in intention to disclose a diagnosis of dementia? A theory-based survey of mental health professionals

Variable

Behaviour

Overall variance ratio test of a difference between behaviours

 

Exploring what patient already knows or suspects (n = 398)

Use of explicit terminology (n = 387)

Exploring what the diagnosis means to the patient (n = 385)

    
 

No. items

Meanc (SD)

Alpha

No. items

Meanc (SD)

Alpha

No. items

Meanc (SD)

Alpha

F

D1

D2

P

TPB constructs

             

Intentiona

2

5.72 (1.17)

0.85

2

4.66 (1.47)

0.91

2

5.41 (1.32)

0.92

105.8

2

769

0.000

Emotional attitude

3

5.44 (1.30)

0.79

3

5.18 (1.27)

0.76

3

5.17 (1.31)

0.79

10.0

2

772

0.000

Attitude

3

6.24 (0.86)

0.73

6

4.84 (0.93)

0.77

6

5.53 (0.88)

0.73

424.8

2

763

0.000

Subjective norm

4

5.38 (0.99)

0.80

4

4.52 (1.12)

0.83

4

5.27 (1.09)

0.87

101.7

2

744

0.000

PBC

1

5.42 (1.75)

n/a

1

5.73 (1.42)

n/a

3

5.28 (1.08)

0.67

6.9

2

772

0.001

SCT constructs

             

Self efficacy

4

5.02 (0.89)

0.61

8

4.26 (1.02)

0.84

5

5.12 (0.95)

0.79

180.7

2

767

0.000

Outcome expectancies

6

5.85 (0.84)

0.70

9

4.95 (0.85)

0.78

9

5.41 (0.84)

0.76

231.2

2

751

0.000

Team variables

             

Perceived reliability of colleagues

1

5.02 (1.50)

n/a

1

4.50 (1.42)

n/a

1

5.15 (1.42)

n/a

39.9

2

772

0.000

Perceived roleb

1

74.9d (43.4)

n/a

1

68.2d (46.6)

n/a

1

76.9d (42.2)

n/a

14.3

2

796

.000

Number of professional groupse

1

4.04 *** (1.92)

n/a

1

3.79 *** (1.98)

n/a

1

3.89*** (1.87)

n/a

3.8

2

796

.024

  1. (a Intention was also used to measure proximal goals for SCT; b Whether respondent believed own professional group was responsible for behaviour. Responses were coded as a binary item with scores of either 0 or 1; c Based on a possible range of 1–7 with higher scores indicating a stronger intention to perform the behaviour, etc; d Percentage of respondents agreeing that their roles included performing this behaviour; eNumber of professional groups in each team perceived as being responsible for the behaviour; *Significant p < 0.05; **significant p < 0.01; ***significant p < 0.001).