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Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot Study

Background and Objectives: Legal compliance is influenced by several factors, including individuals’ attitudes about when breaking the law may be acceptable or justifiable. The rule orientation scale provides a measurement capable of predicting an individual’s offensive behavior, regardless of the l...

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Autores principales: Plaiasu, Maria Cristina, Alexandru, Dragos Ovidiu, Hanganu, Bianca, Nanu, Codrut Andrei, Ioan, Beatrice Gabriela
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10384208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37512029
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59071217
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author Plaiasu, Maria Cristina
Alexandru, Dragos Ovidiu
Hanganu, Bianca
Nanu, Codrut Andrei
Ioan, Beatrice Gabriela
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Alexandru, Dragos Ovidiu
Hanganu, Bianca
Nanu, Codrut Andrei
Ioan, Beatrice Gabriela
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description Background and Objectives: Legal compliance is influenced by several factors, including individuals’ attitudes about when breaking the law may be acceptable or justifiable. The rule orientation scale provides a measurement capable of predicting an individual’s offensive behavior, regardless of the legal punishment. The current research is the first that aims to evaluate the construct validity of the translated Romanian version of the rule orientation scale. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted online among Romanian physicians in Dolj County. A 12-item questionnaire previously validated in the United States was used for this study. Results: A total of 69 physicians responded to the survey with a mean age of 38.53 ± 8.28 and an average experience of 10.49 ± 8.27 years. Physicians were prone to adhere to the law and found only a few instances when legal breaches were acceptable. Nonetheless, they deemed it permissible to violate the law when they did not know its content. These attitudes were not affected by respondents’ ages, genders, numbers of years in practice, industries, or specialties. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was high (Cronbach’s α = 0.925). Conclusions: The rule orientation scale validated in the Romanian language can be used to determine conditions under which individuals find it acceptable to break the law.
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spelling pubmed-103842082023-07-30 Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot Study Plaiasu, Maria Cristina Alexandru, Dragos Ovidiu Hanganu, Bianca Nanu, Codrut Andrei Ioan, Beatrice Gabriela Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: Legal compliance is influenced by several factors, including individuals’ attitudes about when breaking the law may be acceptable or justifiable. The rule orientation scale provides a measurement capable of predicting an individual’s offensive behavior, regardless of the legal punishment. The current research is the first that aims to evaluate the construct validity of the translated Romanian version of the rule orientation scale. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted online among Romanian physicians in Dolj County. A 12-item questionnaire previously validated in the United States was used for this study. Results: A total of 69 physicians responded to the survey with a mean age of 38.53 ± 8.28 and an average experience of 10.49 ± 8.27 years. Physicians were prone to adhere to the law and found only a few instances when legal breaches were acceptable. Nonetheless, they deemed it permissible to violate the law when they did not know its content. These attitudes were not affected by respondents’ ages, genders, numbers of years in practice, industries, or specialties. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was high (Cronbach’s α = 0.925). Conclusions: The rule orientation scale validated in the Romanian language can be used to determine conditions under which individuals find it acceptable to break the law. MDPI 2023-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10384208/ /pubmed/37512029 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59071217 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ioan, Beatrice Gabriela
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title_short Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot Study
title_sort validity and reliability of rule orientation scale among romanian physicians—a pilot study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10384208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37512029
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59071217
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