Determinants of Nurses' Attitudes toward the Care of Patients with Alcohol Problems
Table 3
Attitude scores for the subscales of The Marcus Alcoholism Questionnaire, the Seaman-Mannello Nurses’ Attitudes toward Alcohol and Alcoholism Scale, and the Shortened Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Perception Questionnaire.
Scale
Subscale
M
SD
Extreme negative responders (%)
Marcus
Prognosis for recovery (recovery)
3.01
1.37
—
Alcoholism and character defect (character defect)
2.59
1.22
—
Social status of the alcoholic (social status)
2.91
1.02
—
Alcoholism as an illness (illness)
3.13
1.67
4.2
Seaman-Mannello
Personal/professional satisfaction (satisfaction)
3.17
1.27
12.5
Inclination to identify (“helpable”)
4.17
.982
—
Personal attitudes toward drinking (personal drinking)
4.56
1.15
—
SAAPPQ
Work satisfaction (satisfaction)
3.66
1.11
8.2
Role adequacy
4.04
1.33
4.1
Role legitimacy
4.87
1.14
2.0
Task specific self-esteem (self-esteem)
4.96
1.22
16.7
I want to work with drinkers (desire)
3.40
1.23
14.3
Pessimism is the most attitude to take toward drinkers (pessimism)
2.85
1.40
2.0
For scales of recovery potential, character defect, social status, illness, and pessimism, a score of 7 represented an extreme negative response, while scales of satisfaction, “helpable,” personal drinking, work satisfaction, role adequacy, role legitimacy, self-esteem, and desire, a score of 1 indicated a strong negative response.
