TABLE 4.
Confirmatory factor analysis factor loadings (LX) and measurement errors (TD) for mathematics and science expectancy-value constructs and Cronbach alpha reliabilities.
| Subscale α | Item | LX | TD | |
| Talent | 0.91/0.93 | TAL1* | 0.813/0.892 | 0.627/0.361 |
| TAL2 | 0.847/0.902 | 0.698/0.411 | ||
| TAL3 | 0.832/0.899 | 0.674/0.405 | ||
| TAL4 | 0.879/0.858 | 0.576/0.583 | ||
| Intrinsic | 0.95/0.94 | INT1* | 0.929/0.917 | 0.364/0.418 |
| INT2 | 0.942/0.911 | 0.298/0.441 | ||
| INT3 | 0.930/0.933 | 0.369/0.347 | ||
| Utility | 0.89/0.89 | UTIL1* | 0.847/0.888 | 0.633/0.503 |
| UTIL2 | 0.895/0.855 | 0.457/0.687 | ||
| UTIL3 | 0.849/0.817 | 0.518/0.859 | ||
| Effort | 0.77/0.86 | EFF1* | 0.907/0.950 | 0.325/0.186 |
| EFF2 | 0.961/0.940 | 0.145/0.227 | ||
| Cost–effort | 0.77/0.86 | EFFC1* | 0.751/0.837 | 1.116/0.816 |
| EFFC2 | 0.776/0.828 | 0.971/0.929 | ||
| EFFC3 | 0.682/0.786 | 1.488/1.111 | ||
| Cost–psychological | 0.85/0.86 | PSYC1* | 0.866/0.900 | 0.830/0.626 |
| PSYC2 | 0.850/0.832 | 0.947/1.011 | ||
| Cost–social | 0.81/0.89 | SOCC1* | 0.854/0.926 | 0.507/0.264 |
| SOCC2 | 0.811/0.887 | 0.635/0.391 |
*Item set as reference per subscale. Coefficients are reported adjacent for mathematics (left side) and science models (right side).