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. 2019 Sep 11;16(18):3348. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183348

Table 3.

Loading factor, internal consistency, and convergent validity.

Variable Indicator Loading Factor (>0.7) C.R. 1 (>0.7) AVE 2 (>0.5)
Perceived Severity (PS) PS1 0.927 0.932 0.821
PS2 0.878
PS3 0.913
Perceived Susceptibility (PSC) PSC1 0.905 0.932 0.821
PSC2 0.898
PSC3 0.916
Response Efficacy (RE) RE1 0.883 0.928 0.812
RE2 0.907
RE3 0.912
Self-Efficacy (SE) SE1 0.924 0.928 0.811
SE2 0.894
SE3 0.883
Response Cost (RC) RC1 0.890 0.930 0.816
RC2 0.921
RC3 0.898
Performance Expectancy (PE) PE1 0.869 0.938 0.791
PE2 0.900
PE3 0.884
PE4 0.904
Effort Expectancy (EE) EE1 0.869 0.918 0.789
EE2 0.880
EE3 0.915
Social Influence (SI) SI1 0.843 0.912 0.776
SI2 0.893
SI3 0.906
Behavioral Intention (BI) BI1 0.884 0.877 0.780
BI2 0.883
Usage Behavior (UB) UB1 0.876 0.859 0.754
UB2 0.860

1 CR: Composite reliability; 2 AVE: Average variance extracted.