Table 2.

Evaluation of the assessment instrument: reliability of the indicators and constructs

	Item	Outer Loading	Composite Reliability	AVE
Mental health	P26.1_R.- How much time, during the last month……have you been a very nervous person? (recoded)	0.77	0.90	0.65
	P26.2.-…have you felt calm and peaceful?	0.80
	P26.3_R.-…have you felt downhearted and blue? (recoded)	0.85
	P26.4.-…have you been a happy person?	0.78
	P26.5_R.-…have you felt so down in the dumps that nothing could cheer you up? (recoded)	0.83
Healthy habits	P17.1.- Healthy diet (no excessive fat or sugar)	0.86	0.80	0.67
	P17.2.- Physical exercise (daily)	0.78
No healthy habits	P17.3 Smoking	0.44	0.78	0.57
	P17.4 Drink alcohol	0.84
	P17.5 Taking sleeping pills	0.89
Coping humour	P25.1.- I have often found that my problems have been greatly reduced when I have tried to find something funny in them	0.70	0.86	0.56
	P25.2.- I have often felt that if I am in a situation where I have to either cry or laugh, it’s better to laugh	0.64
	P25.3.- Many times I have felt that, in situations that are either to laugh or to cry, I prefer to laugh	0.77
	P25.4.- I can usually find something to laugh or joke about even in crying situations	0.80
	P25.5.- It has been my experience that humor is often a very effective way of coping with problems	0.83
Feelings of loneliness	P27.1.- Social Loneliness	0.90	0.87	0.68
	P27.2.- Family Loneliness	0.80
	P27.3.- Romantic/couple loneliness	0.77
People living in the household	How many people, including you, are currently living in your household?	1†	1	1
Days of confinement	How many days have you been in confinement?	1	1	1
Area of residence	Where do you live during the confinement? Rural area (1); Urban area (2)	1	1	1
Gender	Male (1); Female (2)	1	1	1

^† For variables with only one indicator the value obtained is always 1.