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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Commun. 2011 Jun 24;26(7):605–614. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2011.560797

Table 2.

First- and Second-Order Factor Structure of keepin’ it REAL Brand Equity Scale

Item Statements 1st-order 2nd-order

Brand Awareness Leadership/Popularity Brand Personality Brand Loyalty Brand Equity
Saying no is cool .81 (.004)
Drug is risky .86 (.003)
I can say no .87 (.004)
I can explain why .90 (.002)
I avoid situations .85 (.003)
kiR is popular .92 (.002)
kiR is like me .87 (.003)
Kids like kiR .85 (.003)
kiR is interesting .92 (.002)
kiR is fun .95 (.001)
kiR is cool .94 (.002)
kiR looks like real .82 (.003)
I talk about kiR .83 (.003)
I like having kiR .91 (.002)
School keeps kiR .87 (.003)

Brand Awareness .75 (.004)
Leadership/Popularity .93 (.002)
Brand Personality .97 (.001)
Brand Loyalty .99 (.002)

α for Scale .93 .90 .94 .89

Note. Factor coefficients in the table are standardized and the numbers in the parentheses are their standard errors.