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

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....

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Published in:Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Lithuania), 2023-06, Vol.59 (7), p.1217
Main Authors: Plaiasu, Maria Cristina, Alexandru, Dragos Ovidiu, Hanganu, Bianca, Nanu, Codrut Andrei, Ioan, Beatrice Gabriela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitudes
Behavior
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Compliance
Confidentiality
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data analysis
Employees
Ethical aspects
Family physicians
Female
Humans
Language
legal compliance
Likert scale
Male
Medical malpractice
Medical profession
Middle Aged
Morality
Physicians
Pilot Projects
Psychological aspects
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Regulatory compliance
Reproducibility of Results
Romania
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary: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. : 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. : 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). : 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.
ISSN:1648-9144
1010-660X
1648-9144
DOI:10.3390/medicina59071217