TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and evaluation of two abbreviated questionnaires for mentoring and research self-efficacy
AU - Jeffe, Donna B.
AU - Rice, Treva K.
AU - Boyington, Josephine E.A.
AU - Rao, Dabeeru C.
AU - Jean-Louis, Girardin
AU - Dávila-Román, Victor G.
AU - Taylor, Anne L.
AU - Pace, Betty S.
AU - Boutjdir, Mohamed
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the PRIDE mentees, mentors, faculty, and Program Directors/Principal Investigators and staff at each site who made this mentored-research education program possible and promoted its success, as well as NHLBI staff, including Nakela Cook, MD, MPH, S. Sonia Arteaga, PhD, Rita Sarkar, PhD, Susan Czajkowski, PhD, and Jared Jobe, PhD. This work was supported by grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: R25 HL105408 and R01 HL127777 (PI: TK Rice); R25 HL085042 and R25 HL105446 (PI: M Boutjdir); R25 HL105444 (PIs: G Jean-Louis, OG Ogedegbe); R25 HL085070 and R25 HL106365 (PI: BS Pace); R25 HL085040 and R25 HL105400 (PIs: DC Rao, VG Dávila-Román); R25 HL105401 (PIs: MD Begg, KW Davidson, AL Taylor); and R25 HL105430 (PI: JP Elder).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Objectives: To reduce respondent burden for future evaluations of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-supported Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE), a mentored-research education program, we sought to shorten the 33-item Ragins and McFarlin Mentor Role Instrument (RMMRI), measuring mentor-role appraisals, and the 69-item Clinical Research Appraisal Inventory (CRAI), measuring research self-efficacy. Methods: Three nationally recruited, junior-faculty cohorts attended two, annual 2-3 week Summer Institutes (SI-1/SI-2: 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014) at one of six PRIDE sites. Mentees completed the RMMRI two months after mentor assignment and the CRAI at baseline (pre-SI-1) and 6-month (mid-year) and 12-month (post-SI-2) follow-up. Publications data obtained from Scopus in October 2015 were verified with mentees' curriculum vitae. The RMMRI and CRAI were shortened using an iterative process of principal-components analysis. The shortened measures were examined in association with each other (multiple linear regression) and with increase in publications (repeated-measures analysis of covariance). Results: PRIDE enrolled 152 mentees (70% women; 60% Black, 35% Hispanic/Latino). Cronbach's alphas for the new 9-item RMMRI, 19-item CRAI, and four CRAI-19 subscales were excellent. Controlling for baseline self-efficacy and cohort, RMMRI-9 scores were independently, positively associated with post-SI-2 scores on the CRAI-19 and three subscales (writing, study design/data analysis, and collaboration/grant preparation). Controlling for cohort, higher RMMRI-9 and post-SI-2 CRAI-19 scores were each associated with greater increase in publications. Conclusions: The RMMRI-9 and CRAI-19 retained the excellent psychometric properties of the longer measures. Findings support use of the shortened measures in future evaluations of PRIDE.
AB - Objectives: To reduce respondent burden for future evaluations of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-supported Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE), a mentored-research education program, we sought to shorten the 33-item Ragins and McFarlin Mentor Role Instrument (RMMRI), measuring mentor-role appraisals, and the 69-item Clinical Research Appraisal Inventory (CRAI), measuring research self-efficacy. Methods: Three nationally recruited, junior-faculty cohorts attended two, annual 2-3 week Summer Institutes (SI-1/SI-2: 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014) at one of six PRIDE sites. Mentees completed the RMMRI two months after mentor assignment and the CRAI at baseline (pre-SI-1) and 6-month (mid-year) and 12-month (post-SI-2) follow-up. Publications data obtained from Scopus in October 2015 were verified with mentees' curriculum vitae. The RMMRI and CRAI were shortened using an iterative process of principal-components analysis. The shortened measures were examined in association with each other (multiple linear regression) and with increase in publications (repeated-measures analysis of covariance). Results: PRIDE enrolled 152 mentees (70% women; 60% Black, 35% Hispanic/Latino). Cronbach's alphas for the new 9-item RMMRI, 19-item CRAI, and four CRAI-19 subscales were excellent. Controlling for baseline self-efficacy and cohort, RMMRI-9 scores were independently, positively associated with post-SI-2 scores on the CRAI-19 and three subscales (writing, study design/data analysis, and collaboration/grant preparation). Controlling for cohort, higher RMMRI-9 and post-SI-2 CRAI-19 scores were each associated with greater increase in publications. Conclusions: The RMMRI-9 and CRAI-19 retained the excellent psychometric properties of the longer measures. Findings support use of the shortened measures in future evaluations of PRIDE.
KW - Diversity
KW - Instrument development
KW - Mentoring
KW - Principal components analysis
KW - Research self-efficacy
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U2 - 10.18865/ed.27.2.179
DO - 10.18865/ed.27.2.179
M3 - Article
C2 - 28439189
AN - SCOPUS:85018937325
SN - 1049-510X
VL - 27
SP - 179
EP - 188
JO - Ethnicity and Disease
JF - Ethnicity and Disease
IS - 2
ER -