Table 5.

Reliability and validity indices for the Athlete Engagement Questionnaire items.

Factor	Item	Loadings	Composite Reliability	AVE	Convergent Validity a	Discriminant Validity
Confidence	1	0.75	0.84	0.58	30.16	0.32 < 0.54; 0.48 < 0.62; 0.23 < 0.69
	5	0.86			32.12
	9	0.65			27.13
	13	0.77			30.16
Vigor	2	0.76	0.80	0.54	32.69	0.58 < 0.62; 0.71 > 0.69
	6	0.74			32.29
	10	0.81			34.49
	14	0.63			28.30
Dedication	3	0.81	0.88	0.62	35.96	0.61 < 0.69
	7	0.80			35.56
	11	0.74			33.66
	15	0.80			35.39
Enthusiasm	4	0.87	0.92	0.69	38.50	-
	8	0.88			38.80
	12	0.84			37.21
	16	0.71			33.26

Note: AVE = average variance extracted; ^a t values.