Table 3.

Internal and convergent validity assessment

Construct	Item	Loading	“Cronbach’s Alpha (α)”	rho_A	“Composite reliability (CR)”	AVE
“Behavioral intention to use metaverse (BI)”	BI1	0.936	0.904	0.906	0.940	0.839
	BI2	0.910
	BI3	0.902
Perceived cyber risks (PCR)	PCR1	0.882	0.886	0.887	0.921	0.745
	PCR2	0.835
	PCR3	0.875
	PCR4	0.861
Perceived enjoyment (PE)	“PE1”	0.852	0.878	0.0879	0.916	0.732
	“PE2”	0.871
	“PE3”	0.846
	“PE4”	0.853
“Perceived ease of use (PEU)”	PEU1	0.899	0.900	0.901	0.930	0.770
	PEU2	0.879
	PEU3	0.877
	PEU4	0.853
Personal innovativeness in IT (PIIT)	PIIT1	0.907	0.918	0.919	0.942	0.803
	PIIT2	0.894
	PIIT3	0.890
	PIIT4	0.892
“Perceived usefulness” (PU)	PU1	0.899	0.921	0.924	0.944	0.809
	PU2	0.903
	PU3	0.888
	PU4	0.909
self-efficacy (SE)	SE1	0.908	0.859	0.862	0.914	0.781
	SE2	0.862
	SE3	0.880