Table 5.
Discriminant validity.
| AVE | CR | PTP | ANX | RB | RO | SMU | HSE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTP | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||
| ANX | 0.826 | 0.950 | 0.165 | 0.682 | ||||
| RB | 0.627 | 0.869 | 0.185 | 0.271 | 0.394 | |||
| RO | 0.823 | 0.933 | 0.141 | 0.534 | 0.408 | 0.677 | ||
| SMU | 0.754 | 0.902 | −0.082 | 0.113 | −0.037 | −0.002 | 0.569 | |
| HSE | 0.739 | 0.847 | −0.100 | −0.069 | −0.153 | −0.143 | 0.312 | 0.546 |
AVE: average variance extracted; CR: composite reliability; PTP: proximity to the pandemic; ANX: anxiety; RB: rumor beliefs; RO: rumor outcomes; SMU: social media usage; HSE: health self-efficacy.
The diagonal values are the square roots of AVEs.