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Table 3.

Correlations of latent variables and verification of construct validity (n = 272).

Variables	r (r²)						AVE	CR
Variables	Perceived susceptibility	Perceived severity	Attitude	Subjective norms	Perceived behavioral control	Intention	AVE	CR
Perceived susceptibility	1						0.843	0.843
Perceived severity	0.351 (0.123)^⁎	1					0.551	0.784
Attitude	0.139 (0.019)^⁎⁎	0.288 (0.084)^⁎⁎	1				0.605	0.860
Subjective norms	0.307 (0.094)^⁎⁎	0.288 (0.085)^⁎⁎	0.559 (0.316)^⁎⁎	1			0.518	0.840
Perceived behavioral control	0.255 (0.066)^⁎⁎	0.122 (0.017)	0.502 (0.249)^⁎⁎	0.680 (0.452)^⁎⁎	1		0.608	0.885
Intention	0.277 (0.088)^⁎⁎	0.141 (0.023)	0.540 (0.292)^⁎⁎	0.715 (0.531)^⁎⁎	0.884 (0.774)^⁎⁎	1	0.477	0.732
Behavior	0.323 (0.101)^⁎⁎	0.089 (0.007)^⁎⁎	0.442 (0.203)^⁎⁎	0.614 (0.376)^⁎⁎	0.722 (0.507)^⁎⁎	0.801 (0.658)^⁎⁎	0.468	0.858

Note. AVE, Average Variance Extracted; CR, Construct Reliability; r, correlation estimate; r², coefficient of determination.

^⁎

p < 0.05.

^⁎⁎

p < 0.01.