The Evidence-based Practice Attitude Scale-36 (EBPAS-36): a brief and pragmatic measure of attitudes to evidence-based practice validated in US and Norwegian samples

Table 4 EBPAS-36 scale factor intercorrelations for US and Norwegian samples

Subscales	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1. Requirements	–	.41^**	.25^**	−.14^**	.−17^**	.16^**	−.10^*	−.08	−.16^**	.18^**	.34^**	.17^**
2. Appeal	.36^**	–	.38^**	−.18^**	−.06	.38^**	−.12^*	.00	.03	.21^**	.57^**	.35^**
3. Openness	.25^**	.31^**	–	−.14^**	−.09	.31^**	−.10	−.02	−.02	.32^**	.40^**	.31^**
4. Divergence	−.33^**	−.14^**	−.49^**	–	.31^**	−.03	.30^**	.27^**	.22^**	−.07	−.09	−.07
5. Limitations	−.20^**	.04	−.37^**	.56^**	–	.00	.33^**	.29^**	.34^**	−.11^*	−.10^*	−.08
6. Fit	.06	.41^**	.15^**	.06	.06	–	.07	.18^**	.11^**	.27^**	.34^**	.29^**
7. Monitoring	−.18^**	−.03	−.23^**	.36^**	.32^**	.04	–	.28^**	.27^**	−.05	−.07	−.26^**
8. Balance	−.18^**	.11^**	−.13^**	.38^**	.32^**	.22^**	.30^**	–	.17^**	−.06	−.09	−.07
9. Burden	.02	.12^**	−.10^**	.15^**	.22^**	.00	.16^**	.13^**	–	.02	.09	−.11^*
10. Job security	.22^**	.12^**	.29^**	−.24^**	−.13^**	.06	−.10^**	−.02	.02	–	.34^**	.15^**
11. Organizational support	.28^**	.30^**	.40^**	−.28^**	−.15^**	.17^**	−.15^**	−.01	.10^**	.53^**	–	.31^**
12. Feedback	.13^**	.24^**	.30^**	−.10^**	−.11^**	.22^**	−.23^**	.09^*	.01	.18^**	.37^**	–

The coefficients for the US sample (N = 418) are in the upper diagonal, and for the Norwegian sample (N = 838) in the lower diagonal. ^* indicates significance at the p < .05 level, ^** indicates significance at the p < .001 level

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