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. 2018 Dec 6;13(12):e0208402. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208402

Table 4. Reliability and validity of items within constructs of perceptions among 728 participants in Selangor, Malaysia, 2016.

Construct domain Indicator Loadings Cronbach’s α Composite Reliability Average Variance Extracted (AVE)
Cues to action CA1 0.746 0.685 0.820 0.604
CA2 0.746
CA3 0.837
Perceived barriers PB1 0.640 0.527 0.757 0.513
PB2 0.675
PB3 0.820
Perceived benefit PBE1 0.767 0.843 0.886 0.609
PBE2 0.735
PBE3 0.798
PBE4 0.775
PBE5 0.822
Perceived susceptibility PSU1 0.553 0.597 0.774 0.540
PSU2 0.789
PSU3 0.832
Perceived severity PSE1 0.681 0.795 0.855 0.599
PSE2 0.906
PSE3 0.699
PSE4 0.789