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

Table 4.

Heterotrait-Monotrait Ratio of Correlations (HTMT) criterion for discriminant validity.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 FWB
2 IRFW 0.311
3 SN 0.092 0.181
4 ATT 0.159 0.696 0.259
5 PBC 0.463 0.296 0.110 0.259
6 EM 0.140 0.438 0.169 0.574 0.245
7 HC 0.185 0.317 0.277 0.347 0.170 0.400
8 PC 0.021 0.280 0.282 0.278 0.000 0.123 0.199
9 BO 0.089 0.246 0.142 0.313 0.046 0.298 0.163 0.141
10 EC 0.122 0.439 0.119 0.576 0.219 0.579 0.240 0.204 0.393
11 CH 0.471 0.153 0.187 0.099 0.343 0.120 0.012 0.094 0.003 0.116
12 UE 0.287 0.074 0.365 0.002 0.200 0.004 0.090 0.171 0.007 0.074 0.418
13 PR 0.180 0.454 0.276 0.416 0.167 0.275 0.438 0.329 0.160 0.264 0.021 0.136

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.