Measuring attitudes towards ethnic minority patients: the revalidated REMP-3 instrument for graduate healthcare practitioners

Table 2 Variable summary and correlation matrix

	n of items	M	SD	α	AIIC	EMP-TP	EMP-PPC	EMP-PNC	EMP-3	MPQCE	MPQFX	MPQSI	MPQES	MPQOM	CQ	IOIC	REMP-TP	REMP-BP	REMP-PNC	REMP-3
EMP-TP	10	4.04	0.42	0.70	0.21	1.00
EMP-PPC	6	3.44	0.52	0.71	0.29	0.14^**	1.00
EMP-PNC	2	3.96	0.60	---	0.28	0.26^**	− 0.16^**	1.00
EMP-3	18	3.83	0.32	0.70	0.12	0.85^**	0.60^**	0.31^**	1.00
MPQCE	8	4.20	0.42	0.80	0.33	0.31^**	− 0.04	0.12^**	0.22^**	1.00
MPQFX	8	2.52	0.71	0.87	0.46	− 0.03	− 0.09^**	0.06	− 0.06	− 0.05	1.00
MPQSI	8	3.34	0.64	0.86	0.44	0.04	− 0.01	− 0.06	0.01	0.24^**	0.11^**	1.00
MPQES	8	3.09	0.71	0.85	0.41	− 0.14^**	− 0.06	− 0.04	− 0.14^**	− 0.09^*	0.26^**	0.30^**	1.00
MPQOM	8	3.51	0.51	0.77	0.30	0.24^**	− 0.06	0.11^**	0.17^**	0.40^**	0.17^**	0.29^**	0.22^**	1.00
CQ	24	3.49	0.37	0.84	0.19	0.39^**	0.01	0.09^*	0.31^**	0.38^**	0.04	0.12^**	0.01	0.47^**	1.00
IOIC	1	2.41	0.98	---	---	0.09^*	− 0.04	0.06	0.05	0.11^**	0.03	0.07^*	0.06	0.35^**	0.25^**	1.00
REMP-TP	5	4.12	0.52	0.73	0.36	0.88^**	0.07	0.24^**	0.73^**	0.28^**	− 0.01	0.04	− 0.13^**	0.27^**	0.42^**	0.11^**	1.00
REMP-BP	2	3.83	0.68	---	0.44	0.52^**	0.32^**	0.06	0.56^**	0.11^**	− 0.10^**	0.06	− 0.06	0.08^*	0.10^**	0.01	0.26^**	1.00
REMP-PNC	3	4.01	0.57	0.53	0.27	0.44^**	− 0.17^**	0.87^**	0.41^**	0.18^**	0.07	− 0.04	− 0.05	0.13^**	0.13^**	0.08^*	0.35^**	0.080^*	1.00
REMP-3	10	4.03	0.41	0.72	0.21	0.92^**	0.08^*	0.54^**	0.82^**	0.29^**	− 0.01	0.03	− 0.13^**	0.25^**	0.36^**	0.11^**	0.87^**	0.53^**	0.66^**	1.00

Note. (R)EMP-3 = (Revalidated) attitude towards Ethnic Minority Patients, TP = Task Perception, BP = Background Perception, PNC = Perceived Need for Communication, PPC = Physician – Patient Communication, MPQ = Multicultural Personality Questionnaire, CE = Cultural Empathy, FX = Flexibility, SI = Social Initiative, ES = Emotional Stability, OM = Open Mindedness, CQ = Cultural Intelligence, IOIC = Intensity Of Intercultural Contacts, AIIC = average interitem correlation. * p < .05, ** p < .01

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