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. 2020 Jul 25;25(3):1101–1123. doi: 10.1007/s10796-020-10042-3

Table 2.

Measurement items of constructs

Measurement Item Loading α

Disconfirmation Bhattacherjee and Premkumar (2004)

When compared to my initial expectations, smart home technologies involved in that incident...

0.927
increased my productivity when undertaking household tasks 0.927
enhanced my effectiveness to undertake household tasks 0.938
were useful in my daily routine at home when undertaking household tasks 0.847

Cognitive Dissonance: Wisdom of Purchase Sweeney et al. (2000)

Considering the instance where smart home technologies did not work as expected...

0.906
I wondered if I really needed those technologies 0.719
I wondered whether I should have bought something else 0.876
I wondered if I had made the right choice 0.902
I wondered if I had done the right thing in buying those technologies 0.877

Anger Harmon-Jones et al. (2004)

After using smart home technologies in that incident, I felt...

0.893
Angry 0.793
Agitated 0.778
Irritated 0.889
Frustrated 0.843

Guilt Coulter and Pinto (1995)

After using smart home technologies in that incident, I felt...

0.901
Accountable 0.763
Guilty 0.878
Ashamed 0.864
Bad 0.740
Irresponsible 0.797

Regret Tsiros and Mittal (2000)

After using smart home technologies in that incident, I felt...

0.928
I feel sorry for purchasing smart home technologies 0.895
I regret purchasing smart home technologies 0.970
I should have purchased traditional technologies for home instead of smart home technologies 0.843

Attitude Change Tussyadiah et al. (2018)

After using smart home technologies in that incident...

0.903
My liking toward them has been... 0.900
My preference toward them has been... 0.934
My interest in them has been... 0.822

Consonant Information Search Keng and Liao (2009)

After using smart home technologies in that incident...

0.823
I searched for information supporting my original positive beliefs about those smart home technologies on the Internet, on TV, radio, in newspapers, magazines, or reports 0.806
I searched for information supporting my original positive beliefs about those smart home technologies through retail stores 0.791
I asked people I know for positive comments about those smart home technologies 0.738

Behaviour Change Cho (2015), Chen et al. (2019) and Maier et al. (2015)

After using smart home technologies in that incident...

0.872
I temporarily stopped using them at home 0.850
I used one or more alternatives to smart home technologies 0.791
I used other technologies, instead of smart home technologies 0.738

Satisfaction McKinney et al. (2002)

Overall after using smart home technologies, I felt...

0.953
Satisfied 0.950
Pleased 0.956
Contented 0.912
Delighted 0.849
Will definitely recommend it to my friends 0.837
Will definitely continue using it 0.772

Well-being El Hedhli et al. (2013)

Overall, smart home technologies...

0.898
Have satisfied my overall household needs 0.819
Have played a very important role in my social well-being 0.778
Have played a very important role in my leisure well-being 0.846
Have played an important role in enhancing the quality of life in my household 0.861

Subjective expertise Mitchell and Dacin (1996)

Please pick the answers that best apply to the statements:

0.908
I am very familiar with smart home technologies 0.877
I have a clear idea about which characteristics of smart home technologies are important in providing me maximum usage satisfaction 0.808
I know a lot about smart home technologies 0.908
I consider myself an expert about smart home technologies 0.832
I have a lot of experience with smart home technologies 0.868