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. 2013 Nov 27;13:129. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-129

Table 4.

The measurement model: inter-construct correlation matrix with square root of AVE of each construct

  PE EE ATUT SI FC SE ANX BI
PE
0.957
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EE
0.499
0.898
 
 
 
 
 
 
ATUT
0.795
0.536
0.940
 
 
 
 
 
SI
0.280
0.394
0.314
0.778
 
 
 
 
FC
0.160
0.606
0.240
0.495
0.883
 
 
 
SE
0.033
0.272
0.169
0.215
0.276
0.835
 
 
ANX
−0.189
−0.387
−0.256
−0.201
−0.390
−0.203
0.839
 
BI 0.165 0.361 0.261 0.368 0.466 0.361 −0.277 0.970

Off-diagonal values represent correlations between constructs.

Diagonal values (bold) are the square root of AVE of each construct.

Discriminant validity is confirmed if diagonal values are significantly higher than off-diagonal values.