TY - JOUR
T1 - Making Professional Decisions in Research
T2 - Measurement and Key Predictors
AU - Antes, Alison L.
AU - Chibnall, John T.
AU - Baldwin, Kari A.
AU - Tait, Raymond C.
AU - Vander Wal, Jillon S.
AU - DuBois, James M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/9/2
Y1 - 2016/9/2
N2 - The professional decision-making in research (PDR) measure was administered to 400 National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded and industry-funded investigators, along with measures of cynicism, moral disengagement, compliance disengagement, impulsivity, work stressors, knowledge of responsible conduct of research (RCR), and socially desirable response tendencies. Negative associations were found for the PDR and measures of cynicism, moral disengagement, and compliance disengagement, while positive associations were found for the PDR and RCR knowledge and positive urgency, an impulsivity subscale. PDR scores were not related to socially desirable responding, or to measures of work stressors and the remaining impulsivity subscales. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, lower moral disengagement scores, higher RCR knowledge, and identifying the United States as one’s nation of origin emerged as key predictors of stronger performance on the PDR. The implications of these findings for understanding the measurement of decision-making in research and future directions for research and RCR education are discussed.
AB - The professional decision-making in research (PDR) measure was administered to 400 National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded and industry-funded investigators, along with measures of cynicism, moral disengagement, compliance disengagement, impulsivity, work stressors, knowledge of responsible conduct of research (RCR), and socially desirable response tendencies. Negative associations were found for the PDR and measures of cynicism, moral disengagement, and compliance disengagement, while positive associations were found for the PDR and RCR knowledge and positive urgency, an impulsivity subscale. PDR scores were not related to socially desirable responding, or to measures of work stressors and the remaining impulsivity subscales. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, lower moral disengagement scores, higher RCR knowledge, and identifying the United States as one’s nation of origin emerged as key predictors of stronger performance on the PDR. The implications of these findings for understanding the measurement of decision-making in research and future directions for research and RCR education are discussed.
KW - Assessment
KW - RCR education and instruction
KW - decision-making
KW - measurement
KW - professionalism
KW - research ethics
KW - research integrity
KW - responsible conduct of research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84964941317&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08989621.2016.1171149
DO - 10.1080/08989621.2016.1171149
M3 - Article
C2 - 27093003
AN - SCOPUS:84964941317
SN - 0898-9621
VL - 23
SP - 288
EP - 308
JO - Accountability in Research
JF - Accountability in Research
IS - 5
ER -