Components

No. of items

Cronbach’s alpha

Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted

1) General knowledge and confidence concerning EBP

4

0.72

Item 14

0.56

Item 3

0.66

Item 15

0.66

Item 2

0.74

2) Task specific beliefs in EBP

4

0.70

Item 6

0.68

Item 8

0.58

Item 12

0.62

Item 10

0.67

3) Component 3

4

0.53

Item 1

0.39

Item 5

0.36

Item 11 (rev.)

0.61

Item 4

0.45

4) Component 4

4

0.54

Item 7

0. 41

Item 13 (rev.)

0.45

Item 9

0.41

Item 16

0.59