Table 2.

Correlation between constructs and convergent validity

	Institutional trust	Risk salience	NEP	Risk perception	Personal Efficacy	Responsibility	Belief in happening	Personal mitigation	Professional mitigation
Institutional trust	1
Risk salience	0.360**	1
NEP	0.33**	0.64**	1
Risk perception	0.16**	0.30**	0.17**	1
Personal Efficacy	0.40**	0.51**	0.49**	0.17**	1
Responsibility	0.19**	0.52**	0.56**	0.14**	0.55**	1
Belief in happening	0.25**	0.67**	0.66**	0.24**	0.38**	0.55**	1
Personal mitigation	0.25**	0.47**	0.53**	0.06	0.54**	0.56**	0.55**	1
Professional mitigation	0.31**	0.56**	0.56**	0.09	0.66**	0.72**	0.55**	0.61**	1
CR	0.851	0.833	0.746	0.769	0.831	0.842	0.866	0.777	0.836
AVE	0.74	0.625	0.425	0.456	0.552	0.571	0.618	0.538	0.462

**p < 0.01.