Skip to main content
. 2019 Oct 17;21(10):e14316. doi: 10.2196/14316

Table 7.

Discriminant validity.

Constructs AVEa PU PR IU RB EHC SN PEOU PBC TR
Perceived usefulness (PU) 0.431 0.657b c
Perceived risks (PR) 0.462 –0.266 0.680
Intention to use (IU) 0.506 0.458 –0.364 0.711
Resistance bias (RB) 0.524 –0.318 0.424 –0.374 0.724
Eye health consciousness (EHC) 0.625 0.309 –0.179 0.277 –0.272 0.791
Subjective norms (SN) 0.512 0.432 –0.289 0.471 –0.236 0.179 0.716
Perceived ease of use (PEOU) 0.516 0.430 –0.223 0.324 –0.244 0.171 0.296 0.718
Perceived behavioral control (PBC) 0.408 0.383 –0.360 0.374 –0.116 0.181 0.453 0.380 0.639
Trust (TR) 0.429 0.343 –0.332 0.422 –0.152 0.126 0.458 0.247 0.411 0.655

aAVE: average variance extracted.

bThe items on the diagonal in italics represent the square root of the AVE; off-diagonal elements are the correlation estimates.

cNot applicable.