Table 3.

Properties of latent variables, including Cronbach α, composite reliability, and average variance extracted.

Variables	Cronbach α	CRa	AVEb	NFCc	CREDd	PEPEe	FEEDBf	SELFMg
NFC	.845	0.889	0.616	0.785 h	—i	—	—	—
CRED	.862	0.901	0.645	0.241	0.803	—	—	—
PEPE	.862	0.906	0.706	0.237	0.645	0.840	—	—
FEEDB	.805	0.885	0.720	0.185	0.521	0.563	0.848	—
SELFM	.773	0.868	0.687	0.168	0.589	0.657	0.670	0.829

^aCR: composite reliability.

^bAVE: average variance extracted.

^cNFC: need for cognition.

^dCRED: perceived credibility.

^ePEPE: perceived persuasiveness.

^fFEEDB: feedback.

^gSELFM: self-monitoring.

^hThe variables in italics show the square root of average variance extracted and interconstruct correlations.

ⁱNot applicable.