Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Table 3 Multiple regression analysis: Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness

	CAS			CCB			Total CCA
Predictor variable	B	SE B	t	B	SE B	t	B	SE B	t
Gender (reference group: Male)
Female	0.06	0.04	1.81	−0.03	0.09	−0.32	0.01	0.05	0.36
Age	0.01	0.04	0.33	0.06	0.09	0.65	0.03	0.05	0.65
Speaks a language other than English (reference group: yes)
No	0.07	0.05	1.52	0.13	0.11	1.13	0.10	0.07	1.49
Prior cultural related education or training (reference group: yes)
No	−0.06	0.05	−1.24	−0.08	0.12	−0.67	− 0.07	0.07	− 0.99
Living in a culturally diverse area^a	−0.03	0.04	− 0.91	− 0.05	0.09	− 0.60	− 0.04	0.05	− 0.82
Number of weeks of clinical placement attended	−0.01	0.03	− 0.33	− 0.26	0.08	−3.29*	− 0.14	0.05	−2.87*
Self-identified ethnoculture (reference group: Australian)
Indigenous (NZ Maori or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)	0.12	0.12	0.99	0.33	0.29	1.14	0.22	0.17	1.31
New Zealander	−0.04	0.06	−0.59	−0.21	0.15	−1.37	−0.12	0.09	−1.36
Non Australian/New Zealander	−0.04	0.05	−0.85	0.15	0.12	1.25	0.05	0.07	0.76
Australian/New Zealander mixed with other ethnoculture	0.01	0.05	0.13	−0.06	0.13	−0.50	−0.03	0.08	−0.38
Religion (reference group: no religion)
Christianity	0.05	0.04	1.39	0.17	0.09	1.95	0.11	0.05	2.13
Buddhism	−0.42	0.08	−0.51	0.19	0.20	0.97	0.08	0.12	0.64
Islam	−0.13	0.12	−1.09	0.53	0.29	1.85	0.20	0.17	1.18
Hinduism	0.02	0.10	0.22	0.18	0.25	0.71	0.10	0.15	0.68
Other Religion	0.31	0.14	2.31	0.66	0.33	2.00	0.48	0.19	2.49
Social Desirability	−0.005	0.03	−0.14	0.46	0.08	5.74*	0.23	0.05	4.79*
Dogmatism	−0.31	0.04	−8.87*	− 0.43	0.09	−5.04*	− 0.37	0.05	−7.34*

CAS Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity, CCB Cultural Competence Behaviour, CCA Cultural Competency Assessment, NZ Aotearoa New Zealand, B unstandardized coefficient, SE B standard error for unstandardized coefficient, t t test statistics
^aData based on the percentage of overseas born population from non-English speaking countries living in the local government area or district in which participants live
*p < 0.01

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