Table 3. Items in the composite scale for social resilience, measured on a 5 point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree/negative, 5 = strongly agree/positive), Cronbach’s α = 0.764; n = 47.
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Statement |
Mean |
SD |
Corrected Item-Total Correlation |
Cronbach’s α if item deleted |
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My business is in a better position to cope with changes and stay in the
reef-based tourism sector than others I know |
3.872 |
0.849 |
0.565 |
0.736 |
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I am confident things will turn out well for my business in the
future |
3.787 |
0.778 |
0.643 |
0.660 |
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There are many options for my business to adapt to changes and stay working
in the reef-based tourism sector |
3.681 |
0.934 |
0.621 |
0.680 |
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I do not think that my company will survive in this sector for much longer
(negatively phrased) |
4.04 |
0.690 |
0.415 |
0.758 |
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There is no reason to believe that foreseeable changes will make my
business go under |
3.670 |
0.915 |
0.418 |
0.765 |
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