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. 2021 Jun 7;18(11):6167. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18116167

Table 2.

Measurement model results.

Latent Constructs Observed Variables External Loadings C-α ρ-A CR AVE
MAP MAP1 0.792 0.762 0.785 0.818 0.770
MAP2 0.765
MAP3 0.819
MAP4 0.833
MAP5 0.781
PK PK1 0.802 0.786 0.803 0.867 0.794
PK2 0.775
PK3 0.793
PK4 0.812
PK5 0.726
PK6 0.799
PK7 0.845
PK8 0.756
EPPA EPPA1 0.751 0.725 0.792 0.811 0.746
EPPA2 0.773
EPPA3 0.795
EPPA4 0.728
SEF SEF1 0.788 0.784 0.819 0.886 0.798
SEF2 0.823
SEF3 0.795
SEF4 0.776
SEF5 0.861
PGB PGB1 0.735 0.793 0.826 0.844 0.819
PGB2 0.789
PGB3 0.802
PGB4 0.826
MV MV1 0.794 0.765 0.789 0.823 0.771
MV2 0.774
MV3 0.832
MV4 0.769
MV5 0.734
RAB RAB1 0.797 0.824 0.841 0.873 0.835
RAB2 0.824
RAB3 0.800
RAB4 0.775
RAB5 0.730
PR PR1 0.818 0.805 0.839 0.857 0.827
PR2 0.836
PR3 0.794
PR4 0.722
PR5 0.765
LTPW1 0.877 0.792 0.813 0.833 0.804
LTPW2 0.810
LTPW LTPW3 0.848
LTPW4 0.725
LTPW5 0.769
WAPP WAPP1 0.744 0.821 0.849 0.886 0.834
WAPP2 0.829
WAPP3 0.790
WAPP4 0.764
WAPP5 0.893
WAPP6 0.745

Notes: Degree to agree with the affirmative response is classified as: 5 = “Totally agree”, 4 = “Agree”, 3 = “Neutral”, 2 = “Disagree”, 1 = “Totally disagree.” C-α: Cronbach-alpha. MAP: Mythical attitude towards pandemic, PK: Pandemic knowledge, EPPA: Ease of pandemic prevention adoption, SEF: Self-efficacy, PGB: Peer groups’ beliefs, MV: Moral values, RAB: Risk-averse behavior, PR: Perceived risk, LTPW: Lack of trust in political will, WAPP: Willingness to adopt pandemic prevention. AVE: average variance extracted, CR: composite reliability, ρ-A: internal consistency reliability, C-α: Cronbach-alpha.