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. 2025 Jun 2;24:624. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-03231-5

Table 3.

Convergent and discriminant validity of the final 30-item PNCS (N = 245)

Factors Convergent validity Discriminant validity
CR AVE Factor 1 Factor2 Factor 3 Factor 4 Factor 5 Factor 6
Factor 1 0.91 0.64 0.80
Factor 2 0.90 0.61 0.35** 0.78
Factor 3 0.91 0.63 0.21** 0.53** 0.80
Factor 4 0.85 0.54 0.47** 0.56** 0.49** 0.73
Factor 5 0.84 0.57 0.48** 0.62** 0.61** 0.62** 0.75
Factor 6 0.82 0.61 0.35** 0.65** 0.55** 0.56** 0.62** 0.78

Note. AVE values are presented in the diagonal (bolded)

**p < 0.01