# **Abstract**
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#### **Instrument Origins**
See [SIEU Survey Protocol][1].
#### **Participant Selection**
Divided into 3 cohort groups; Total sample size = 202
- Cohort 1 (Youth Development leaders, supervisors and administrators participating in a large RCT) n = 140
- Cohort 2 (Leaders of child welfare, juvenile justice or mental health systems not participating in the RCT) n = 26
- Cohort 3 (state overseers of child mental health care) n = 36
#### **Administration**
Single web-based administration.
#### **Analysis of Survey Technical Characteristics**
Exploratory Factor Analyses; Cronbach's α; inter-scale correlations
#### **Analysis of Relationships of Survey Results to Other Variables**
Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes Scale (Aarons, 2004), Organizational Social Context Scale (Glisson et al., 2008)
#### **Primary Source(s) for This Method**
Palinkas LA, Garcia AR, Aarons GA, Finno-Velasquez M, Holloway IW, Mackie TI, Leslie LK, Chamberlain P. Measuring Use of Research Evidence: The Structured Interview for Evidence Use. Res Soc Work Pract. 2016 Sep;26(5):550-564. doi: 10.1177/1049731514560413. Epub 2014 Dec 1. PMID: 27616869; PMCID: PMC5014436.
#### **Author Contact**
Requests for the instrument, results of prior analyses, or assistance in administering the instrument may be made to Dr. Palinkas at palinkas@usc.edu.
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# **Background**
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#### **Key References**
Data was collected on this instrument and used as part of validation effort of SIEU:
Aarons, G.A. Mental Health Provider Attitudes Toward Adoption of Evidence-Based Practice: The Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS). *Ment Health Serv Res* 6,61–74 (2004). https://doi-org.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/10.1023/B:MHSR.0000024351.12294.65
#### **Related Protocols**
[SIEU Survey Protocol][2]
[1]: https://osf.io/5xw3h/
[2]: https://osf.io/5xw3h/
