Table 3.

Item loadings and cross-loadings.

Constructs	Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Perceived threat	Threat 1	0.847	0.062	0.229	0.141	0.066	−0.157	0.257
	Threat 2	0.821	0.023	0.212	0.135	0.021	−0.246	0.325
	Threat 3	0.810	0.092	0.224	0.163	0.062	−0.083	0.241
2. Perceived information overload	Overload 1	0.125	0.838	0.323	0.504	0.439	0.243	−0.012
	Overload 2	0.009	0.832	0.179	0.364	0.355	0.311	−0.089
	Overload 3	0.029	0.834	0.223	0.362	0.403	0.257	−0.092
3. Sadness	Sadness 1	0.233	0.178	0.867	0.460	0.294	0.040	0.105
	Sadness 2	0.236	0.261	0.885	0.502	0.323	0.033	0.119
	Sadness 3	0.194	0.307	0.720	0.455	0.266	0.107	0.022
4. Anxiety	Anxiety 1	0.189	0.375	0.505	0.827	0.392	0.163	0.073
	Anxiety 2	0.103	0.476	0.445	0.880	0.501	0.279	−0.029
	Anxiety 3	0.180	0.441	0.546	0.892	0.460	0.162	0.082
5. Cognitive dissonance	Dissonance1	0.083	0.398	0.296	0.440	0.838	0.335	−0.044
	Dissonance2	0.063	0.423	0.330	0.496	0.852	0.301	−0.048
	Dissonance3	0.002	0.372	0.256	0.355	0.784	0.292	−0.067
6. Information avoidance intention	Avoidance 1	−0.133	0.282	0.078	0.190	0.287	0.834	−0.284
	Avoidance 2	−0.194	0.258	0.043	0.199	0.336	0.864	−0.310
	Avoidance 3	−0.166	0.285	0.063	0.219	0.338	0.872	−0.281
7. Preventive behavior intention	Behavior 1	0.232	−0.039	0.081	0.024	−0.042	−0.211	0.761
	Behavior 2	0.258	−0.044	0.056	0.013	−0.073	−0.247	0.805
	Behavior 3	0.288	−0.080	0.100	0.059	−0.039	−0.330	0.813