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

Table 9 The analysis of known-groups validity for the question: “have you ever participated in activities (e.g. Lectures, training courses, workshops, exercises, seminars) on intercultural communication?”

CAS domain	Yes		No		I don’t know / I don’t remember		F	P-value*	Ω²
CAS domain	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	P-value*	Ω²
CA	47.77	8.44	45.14	8.44	44.24	8.30	15.460	< 0.001	0.028
CI	26.47	6.48	26.90	6.66	25.41	6.01	3.358	0.035	0.005
CP	22.97	4.55	22.13	4.72	21.41	5.23	7.571	0.001	0.013
GEE	67.03	14.00	59.26	14.44	63.99	12.43	32.882	< 0.001	0.063
RI	19.38	4.69	16.79	4.63	17.49	3.86	35.510	< 0.001	0.068
CAS total	183.60	26.39	170.23	26.72	172.54	25.22	29.266	< 0.001	0.055

* 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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