TABLE 2.

Psychometric properties of constructs (n = 466).

Construct	Items	Factor loadings	Construct	Items	Factor loadings
Online opinion seeking (α = 0.824, AVE = 0.80, DV = 0.912)	OS1	0.744	Source credibility (α = 0.881, AVE = 0.65, DV = 0.910)	SC1	0.830
	OS2	0.712		SC2	0.818
	OS3	0.893		SC3	0.813
	OS4	0.883		SC4	0.770
	OS5	0.854		SC5	0.824
Perceived risk (α = 0.919, AVE = 0.69, DV = 0.906)	PR1	0.892		SC6	0.767
	PR2	0.824	Information related interaction (α = 0.939, AVE = 0.63, DV = 0.916)	IRI1	0.828
	PR3	0.898		IRI2	0.771
	PR4	0.745		IRI3	0.828
Social tie (α = 0.921, AVE = 0.64, DV = 0.877)	ST1	0.800		IRI4	0.733
	ST2	0.864		IRI5	0.814
	ST3	0.830		IRI6	0.821
	ST4	0.710	Information usefulness (α = 0.845, AVE = 0.81, DV = 0.936)	IU1	0.892
Information adoption (α = 0.792, AVE = 0.66, DV = 0.765)	IA1	0.867		IU2	0.910
	IA2	0.754		IU3	0.893

α, Cronbach’s alpha; DV, discriminant validity; AVE, average variance extracted.