Table 7.

Convergent and discriminant validity test with factor correlations

	CR	AVEa	Personal Confidence and Hope	Willingness to Ask for Help	Goal and Success Orientation	Reliance on Others	Not Dominated by Symptoms
Personal confidence and hope	0.830	0.359	0.599	0.429
Willingness to ask for help	0.851	0.657	0.429	0.811
Goal and success orientation	0.764	0.401	0.611	0.434	0.633
Reliance on others	0.732	0.423	0.462	0.286	0.407	0.650
Not dominated by symptoms	0.774	0.536	0.620	0.423	0.354	0.362	0.732

CR composite reliability, AVE average variance extracted (squared factor loadings averaged)

Diagonals show square roots of AVE; values in italics may indicate discriminant validity issues (i.e. factors other than the parent factor may explain more of the item variance)

^aAcceptable levels for AVE > 0.5 and CR ≥ AVE