Table 5.

Measurement scales, reliability and validity of the constructs

Factor and Item		Corrected item-total correlation	Alpha (α)	Standardized factor loading	Composite reliability	Average variance extracted (AVE)
Engagement			0.691		0.713	0.456
1.	Past and intended behaviour	0.468		0.707
2.	Awareness	0.568		0.844
3.	Knowledge	0.527		0.734
Trust in Key Players			0.832		0.835	0.629
4.	Scientists have done a good job for society	0.642		0.719
5.	Producers have done a good job for society	0.737		0.834
6.	Policy makers have done a good job for society	0.698		0.866
Attitudes towards Technology			0.881		0.876	0.639
7.	Leading to humanity’s extermination	0.726		0.823
8.	Impacts on urban life	0.794		0.876
9.	Detrimental to humanity	0.762		0.860
10.	Upsetting the balance of nature	0.688		0.811
Religiosity			0.947		0.949	0.823
11.	Importance of religion	0.904		0.930
12.	Decisions made based on religious views	0.811		0.868
13.	Importance of praying	0.911		0.942
14.	Importance of reading scriptures	0.869		0.914
Religious Acceptance			0.838		0.840	0.723
15.	Accepted by religion	0.722		0.852
16.	Accepted as part of customs	0.722		0.841
Perceived Benefit			0.796		0.774	0.464
17.	Enhance the quality of life	0.587		0.730
18.	Useful to society	0.663		0.785
19.	Solve problems that cannot currently be solved with traditional methods	0.528		0.696
20.	Benefits exceed risks	0.659		0.774
Issues of Data and Specimen Protection			0.594		0.616	0.356
22.	May give rise to unknown consequences	0.402		0.493
24.	Worries about ownership issues related to biobank data and specimens	0.451		0.825
25.	Probability of data and specimen misuse	0.464		0.788
Willingness to Participate in Biobanking			0.810		0.834	0.641
26.	Support the sharing of personal information and biological materials	0.482		0.767
27.	Willing to provide personal information	0.780		0.841
28.	Willing to give blood or tissue samples	0.740		0.805