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. 2023 Nov 27;9(12):e22889. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22889

Table 2.

Reflective measurement model evaluation.

Constructs Mean SD SK Rku OL t Value α CR AVE
Subjective norms (SN) .714 .838 .633
i. Most of my mutual followers on social networks think it is a good idea to visit Macao. 3.63 0.79 −.264 −.107 .825 33.345
ii. The internet celebrity I follow thinks it is a good idea to visit Macao. 3.49 0.82 −.090 −.343 .793 19.074
iii. The people on social networks whose opinion I value think Macao is a good place to go. 3.64 0.82 −.315 −.198 .768 21.282
Electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) .780 .858 .603
i. I often see people make positive comments about Macao on the internet. 3.92 0.75 −.780 1.352 .757 20.929
ii. I often see people make positive comments about Macao on online travel agency (OTA) platforms. 3.79 0.74 −.292 .158 .830 30.082
iii. Many netizens claim to have been to Macao, and they praise it. 3.78 0.74 −.427 .404 .755 20.284
iv. The positive comments about Macao online have deeply impressed me. 3.80 0.74 −.400 .331 .761 20.321
Destination envy (DE) .822 .883 .653
i. I wanted to work hard so that I can visit Macao after the quarantine. 3.92 0.69 −.518 .939 .773 23.114
ii. I noticed that many social media users had visited Macao during my quarantine period. 3.96 0.67 −.709 1.714 .764 25.841
iii. Seeing other social media users visit Macao has inspired me. 3.84 0.69 −.455 .758 .826 34.735
iv. It is somehow disturbing when I see on social media that many people could visit Macao and I could not. 3.92 0.69 −.465 .831 .865 53.440
Behavioural intention (BI) .785 .875 .699
i. How likely would you be to talk to others about Macao? 3.88 0.74 −.762 1.298 .819 31.242
ii. How likely would you be to seek out more information about Macao? 3.88 0.70 −.745 1.652 .869 32.736
iii. How likely would you be to visit Macao? 3.94 0.69 −.441 .789 .820 33.572

Note: SD = standard deviation, SK = skewness; Rku = Kurtosis; OL = outer loading; CR = composite reliability; AVE = average variance extracted.