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Table 2 Internal consistency and average item for the modified Culture Awareness Scale and subscales

From: Psychometric properties of a modified cultural awareness scale for use in higher education within the health and social care fields

Subscale

Item Mean

Scale Mean (SD)

n

No of items

Cronbach’s alpha

General educational and research experience (GERE)

4.369 (3.777–5.151)

65.53 (14.29)

179

15

.90

Behaviors/comfort with interactions (BCI)

4.849 (4.176–5.543)

38.79 (10.26)

187

8

.83

Cognitive awareness (CA)

4.777 (4.189–5.395)

33.44 (5.96)

190

7

.70

Clinical Issues (CI)

5.051 (4.899–5.333)

25.25 (6.36)

189

5

.82

Total scale

4.664 (3.778–5.608)

163.25 (25.5)

176

35

.88