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.