Table 2.

Results of confirmatory factor analysis.

Construct and item		Loading	Cronbach’s α	Composite reliability	AVEa
Perceived argument quality (PAQ)			0.764	0.850	0.587
	PAQ1	0.750
	PAQ2	0.827
	PAQ3	0.784
	PAQ4	0.695
Perceived source credibility (PSC)			0.802	0.870	0.627
	PSC1	0.785
	PSC2	0.781
	PSC3	0.793
	PSC4	0.808
Perceived informational benefits (PIB)			0.756	0.845	0.578
	PIB1	0.787
	PIB2	0.747
	PIB3	0.708
	PIB4	0.797
Perception decision-making benefits (PDB)			0.717	0.823	0.539
	PDB1	0.678
	PDB2	0.762
	PDB3	0.724
	PDB4	0.769
Health empowerment (EM)			0.786	0.854	0.539
	EM1	0.736
	EM2	0.775
	EM3	0.702
	EM4	0.736
	EM5	0.720
Health literacy (HL)			0.895	0.916	0.578
	HL1	0.773
	HL2	0.833
	HL3	0.787
	HL4	0.712
	HL5	0.715
	HL6	0.758
	HL7	0.750
	HL8	0.747

^aAVE: average variance extracted.