ESTABLISHING VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF A SURVEY MEASURING INTENTION TO AID A PERSON WITH LIFE-THREATENING BLEEDING

The phenomenon of interest was intent to use bleeding control techniques (BCT). The study aims were to modify Miller and Pellegrino’s (2018) Intent to Aid for Lay Responders (I2A-CPR) Survey to reflect intent to use BCT, piloting the Intent to Aid for Bleeding Control Techniques (I2A-BCT) Survey. The guiding theoretical framework was the Integrated Behavior Model (IBM, Fishbein & Ajzen, 2010). The research questions were: (1) What are the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the I2A-BCTs? and (2) What is the effect of the constructs on educators' intent to use BCT? The study was significant because it resulted in an instrument to measure educators’ intent to use BCT. The quantitative research design included survey and cross-sectional methodology. The sample (n = 32) were female, White, Texas educators teaching kindergarten through grade 12, who completed an online 5-point Likert scale I2A-BCTs. Results: Internal Consistency Reliability revealed good reliability; all 49 items loaded onto the four factors of the IBM: Attitude, Intention to Act, Personal Agency, and Perceived Norms. Chi-square/degrees of freedom demonstrated poor model fit but additional fit indices confirmed the good model fit. Correlational analysis revealed all four factors positively correlated with Intent to Use BCT. Conclusion. The IBM (Fishbein & Ajzen, 2010) provided a reliable and valid framework for examining how affect influenced intent to use BCT in educators. Future Research is needed with larger sample sizes to confirm the model structure.

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD in Nursing (Doctoral)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Grantor

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• James, Linda Sue 1967-

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Nibert, Ainslie atnibert@UTMB.EDU
• O'Keefe, Mary meokeefe@UTMB.EDU

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Nguyen, Hoang hnguyen@UTMB.EDU
• Graves, Letitia legraves@utmb.edu
• Dodd, Cody cododd@utmb.edu
• Cockerham, Mona mcc053@shsu.edu

Language dc:language.iso

English

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2152.3/12675

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:utmb-ir.tdl.org:2152.3/12675