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. 2025 Jan 23;15:2991. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-86252-z

Table 3.

Reliability, convergent validity and Fornell-Larcker criterion for discriminant validity.

CR AVE MSV α 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 FWB 0.779 0.414 0.215 0.778 0.643
2 IRFW 0.826 0.545 0.512 0.809 -0.295*** 0.738
3 SN 0.819 0.545 0.130 0.809 0.087** 0.101*** 0.738
4 ATT 0.848 0.532 0.512 0.856 -0.180*** 0.716*** 0.155*** 0.729
5 PBC 0.802 0.576 0.207 0.800 0.455*** -0.277*** 0.089** -0.266*** 0.759
6 EM 0.875 0.638 0.327 0.869 -0.134*** 0.449*** 0.123*** 0.572*** -0.240*** 0.799
7 HC 0.850 0.536 0.198 0.851 -0.191*** 0.296*** 0.245*** 0.312*** -0.168*** 0.374*** 0.732
8 PC 0.854 0.541 0.103 0.866 -0.005 0.249*** 0.280*** 0.241*** 0.017 0.099*** 0.179*** 0.735
9 BO 0.781 0.480 0.088 0.730 0.081** 0.194*** 0.106*** 0.242*** -0.034 0.243*** 0.124*** 0.099*** 0.693
10 EC 0.822 0.609 0.318 0.816 -0.125*** 0.435*** 0.065* 0.564*** -0.217*** 0.561*** 0.201*** 0.171*** 0.297*** 0.780
11 CH 0.844 0.645 0.215 0.836 0.464*** -0.139*** 0.168*** -0.111*** 0.324*** -0.128*** -0.010 0.102*** -0.006 -0.111*** 0.803
12 UE 0.914 0.781 0.152 0.914 0.279*** -0.080** 0.360*** -0.021 0.195*** -0.010 0.086** 0.191*** -0.004 -0.077** 0.390*** 0.883
13 PR 0.770 0.532 0.198 0.765 -0.180*** 0.402*** 0.261*** 0.384*** -0.165*** 0.248*** 0.445*** 0.321*** 0.124*** 0.216*** -0.014 0.146*** 0.730

Data in bold show square root of AVE. CR: composite reliability index, AVE: average variance extracted, MSV: maximum shared variance, α: Cronbach’s alpha, ATT: attitude SN: subjective norms, PBC: perceived behavioral control, IRFW: intention to reduce food waste, FWB: behavior of food waste, HC: health consciousness, EC: environmental consciousness, PC: price consciousness, PR: planning routines, EM: ecological motives, CH: celebrations and holidays, UE: unplanned events, BO: blaming others for food waste. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.05. Model fit: χ2 = 3200.865, df = 1138, p < 0.001, CMIN/DF = 2.813, GFI = 0.926, TLI = 0.942, CFI = 0.948, NFI = 0.922, RMSEA = 0.033, PClose = 1.000, SRMR = 0.044.