Cultural awareness scale: psychometric properties and applicability in assessing cultural competence among polish nursing students

Table 8 The analysis of known-groups validity for the question “are you open to learning about new cultures?”

CAS domain	Yes		No		I have never thought about it		F	P-value*	Ω²
CAS domain	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	P-value*	Ω²
CA	46.42	8.70	45.86	7.29	43.42	6.88	5.932	0.003	0.010
CI	27.01	6.39	22.28	6.51	23.00	5.81	25.404	< 0.001	0.046
CP	22.69	4.57	19.79	5.61	20.25	5.46	17.265	< 0.001	0.031
GEE	64.06	14.60	57.97	11.64	59.09	11.71	7.879	< 0.001	0.013
RI	18.21	4.69	17.14	4.51	16.52	4.44	6.779	0.001	0.011
CAS total	178.39	26.95	163.03	23.92	162.27	23.32	21.191	< 0.001	0.038

* One-way ANOVA
M – mean, SD – standard deviation, Ω² – omega squared effect size
CAS domains: CA – Cognitive Awareness; CI – Behaviors/Comfort with Interactions; CP – Patients Care/Clinical Issues; GEE – General Educational Experience; RI – Research Issues

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