Table 4.

Performance of the measurement model: emotion-focused model.

			Bootstrapped loadings (95% CI)		Cronbach α			rho_C			AVEa				rho_A
GAD-7b						0.842			0.880			0.512				0.848
	GAD1	0.755 (0.72 to 0.787)
	GAD2	0.752 (0.716 to 0.784)
	GAD3	0.726 (0.683 to 0.763)
	GAD4	0.648 (0.596 to 0.692)
	GAD5	0.719 (0.678 to 0.757)
	GAD6	0.677 (0.632 to 0.718)
	GAD7	0.723 (0.682 to 0.758)
Cyberchondria						0.833			0.861			0.349				0.845
	CYB1	0.565 (0.5 to 0.625)
	CYB2	0.64 (0.593 to 0.682)
	CYB3	0.555 (0.487 to 0.616)
	CYB4	0.695 (0.654 to 0.731)
	CYB5	0.36 (0.252 to 0.454)
	CYB6	0.65 (0.601 to 0.693)
	CYB7	0.66 (0.615 to 0.7)
	CYB8	0.686 (0.643 to 0.725)
	CYB9	0.704 (0.664 to 0.739)
	CYB10	0.574 (0.515 to 0.624)
	CYB11	0.465 (0.375 to 0.542)
	CYB12	0.385 (0.282 to 0.472)
Brief-COPEc						0.764			0.718			0.381				0.732
	BF5	0.182 (0.028 to 0.325)
	BF9	0.2 (0.058 to 0.329)
	BF13	0.594 (0.519 to 0.669)
	BF15	0.13 (–0.026 to 0.279)
	BF18	0.316 (0.205 to 0.415)
	BF20	–0.219 (–0.332 to–0.096)
	BF21	0.609 (0.541 to 0.666)
	BF22	0.552 (0.449 to 0.643)
	BF24	–0.28 (–0.394 to –0.142)
	BF26	0.666 (0.605 to 0.719)
	BF27	0.586 (0.508 to 0.651)
	BF28	–0.111 (–0.248 to 0.026)
Infodemic
	IF1	1.0 (1.0 to 1.0)		1.0			1.0						1.0				1.0
Overuse of HCd
	OHC1	1.0 (1.0 to 1.0)		1.0			1.0						1.0				1.0

^aAVE: average variance extracted.

^bGAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7.

^cCOPE: Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory.

^dHC: health care.