Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot Study
<i>Background and Objectives:</i> 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,...
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| author | Maria Cristina Plaiasu Dragos Ovidiu Alexandru Bianca Hanganu Codrut Andrei Nanu Beatrice Gabriela Ioan |
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| description | <i>Background and Objectives:</i> 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. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: 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. <i>Results</i>: 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). <i>Conclusions</i>: 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 | doaj.art-bc07de3ccab44c8d8faade84764d73332023-11-18T20:23:29ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442023-06-01597121710.3390/medicina59071217Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot StudyMaria Cristina Plaiasu0Dragos Ovidiu Alexandru1Bianca Hanganu2Codrut Andrei Nanu3Beatrice Gabriela Ioan4Doctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2 Petru Rares St., 200349 Craiova, RomaniaDepartment of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2 Petru Rares St., 200349 Craiova, RomaniaLegal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 Universitatii St., 700115 Iasi, RomaniaDepartment No. 14 of Orthopedics, Anesthesia, and Intensive Care, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 37 Dionisie Lupu St., 020021 Bucharest, RomaniaLegal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 Universitatii St., 700115 Iasi, Romania<i>Background and Objectives:</i> 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. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: 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. <i>Results</i>: 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). <i>Conclusions</i>: 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.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/7/1217legal complianceRomaniaphysicians |
| spellingShingle | Maria Cristina Plaiasu Dragos Ovidiu Alexandru Bianca Hanganu Codrut Andrei Nanu Beatrice Gabriela Ioan Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot Study Medicina legal compliance Romania physicians |
| title | Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot Study |
| title_full | Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validity and Reliability of Rule Orientation Scale among Romanian Physicians—A Pilot Study |
| 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 |
| topic | legal compliance Romania physicians |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/7/1217 |
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