TABLE 2.

Results of the CFA with factor loadings, composite reliability, and average variance extracted from ACO for nursing students.

Items		Factor loading	CR	AVE
	Dimension 1 affective		0.98	0.58
ACO 1		0.72
ACO 2		0.77
ACO 3		0.79
ACO 4		0.67
ACO 5		0.84
ACO 6		0.83
ACO 7		0.85
ACO 8		0.66
ACO 9		0.73
ACO 10		0.74
ACO 11		0.73
ACO 12		0.61
	Dimension 2 behavioral		0.97	0.53
ACO 13		0.58
ACO 14		0.73
ACO 15		0.85
ACO 16		0.82
ACO 17		0.85
ACO 18		0.89
ACO 19		0.85
ACO 20		0.83
ACO 21		0.82
	Dimension 3 cognitive		0.96	0.82
ACO 22		0.87
ACO 23		0.92
ACO 24		0.93
ACO 25		0.89

CFA, confirmatory factor analysis; ACO, attitudes toward communication; CR, composite reliability; AVE, average variance extracted.