Measure Overview
The purpose of this measure is to measure respondents’ confidence in engaging in culturally aware mentorship behaviors. In the literature (see citation), this measure is known as the Cultural Diversity Awareness – Confidence scale.
Measure Information
- Scale
- Target Population
- NIH DPC Hallmark
- Key Citations
- Instructions
- Validity Evidence and Other Information
Prompt: How confident are you in your ability to do the following in your research mentoring relationships?
| Not at all Confident (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | Completely Confident (5) | |
| Discuss with mentees how it feels to be a minority in science | |||||
| Take advantage of opportunities to address race/ethnicity in the research mentoring relationship | |||||
| Recognize aspects of the research experience (e.g., lab, field work) that may make racial/ethnic minority students feel vulnerable to confirming stereotypes | |||||
| Provide opportunities for mentees to talk about their racial/ethnic identity as it relates to their research experience should the occasion arise | |||||
| Notice interactions in the mentoring relationship that could be insulting or dismissive to mentees because of their race/ethnicity |
- Faculty/Mentor
FAC-4
Primary Citation: Byars-Winston, A., & Butz, A. R. (2021). Measuring research mentors’ cultural diversity awareness for race/ethnicity in STEM: Validity evidence for a new scale. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 20(2), ar15. doi:10.1187/cbe.19-06-0127
Confidence items can be used individually. For full scale use, calculate mean scale score by calculating arithmetic of all scores for the same case. Revalidation of scale may be required when used with populations that are not faculty mentors.
“The process of collecting validity evidence for the CDA-Race/Ethnicity scale took place over three phases. In this section, we present validity evidence for the CDA-R/E measure. It was validated with separate mentor and mentee samples through a three-phase process of pilot testing and scale revision. Phase 1 was a small-scale pilot test of items with trainees and mentors. Phase 2 involved piloting the measure with a national sample of trainees and their mentors to examine the psychometric properties of the scale. Phase 3 examined evidence of construct validity for the revised CDA-R/E with a separate sample of traineesand mentors recruited nationally.”
Validated Self-Efficacy item aligned with the DPC Hallmark FAC-4.