. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 9.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2017 Apr 25;22(6):497–505. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2017.1311972

Table 3.

Factor loadings and scale characteristics of the perceived social norms of using e-cigarettes

Item	E-Cigarette Perceived Norms
Item	Factor 1	Communality
O1.5: Acceptable among people close to me	.85	.72
O2: Acceptable among friends	.78	.61
O3: Encouraged by friends	.70	.49
O5: Acceptable among family	.80	.64
O6: Encouraged by family	.67	.45
O8: Acceptable in community	.49	.24

Variance accounted for	52.4%
Averaged scale mean (SD)	4.2 (1.2)
Averaged scale minimum, maximum	1, 6
Averaged scale Cronbach’s α	0.87

Note. Bolded text indicates items included in the scale.