Table 1.

Reliability and validity analysis.

Variables	Item	Loading	Cronbach’s Alpha	CR	AVE
Knowledge	KN1	0.85 ***	0.80	0.89	0.68
	KN2	0.77 ***
	KN3	0.84 ***
	KN4	0.83 ***
Perceived severity	PS1	0.88 ***	0.82	0.88	0.71
	PS2	0.83 ***
	PS3	0.81 ***
Perceived vulnerability	PV1	0.79 ***	0.77	0.84	0.64
	PV2	0.82 ***
	PV3	0.79 ***
Self-efficacy	SE1	0.79 ***	0.83	0.89	0.72
	SE2	0.89 ***
	SE3	0.87 ***
Response efficacy	RE1	0.81 ***	0.79	0.86	0.67
	RE2	0.79 ***
	RE3	0.86 ***

Note: *** indicates significant at 0.1% significance level.