TABLE 4.

Item loadings and cross-loadings.

		Factor
Construct	Items	1	2	3	4	5
1. Intentions to seek Information related to COVID-19	SEE1	0.68	0.00	0.13	0.01	−0.03
	SEE2	0.89	−0.01	−0.02	−0.01	−0.04
	SEE3	0.75	0.08	0.06	0.03	−0.01
	SEE4	0.84	0.03	0.00	−0.01	0.07
	SEE5	0.89	−0.06	−0.02	−0.03	0.01
	SEE6	0.87	0.01	−0.06	0.04	0.01
	SEE7	0.89	0.00	−0.05	−0.02	−0.02
2. Intentions to share Information related to COVID-19	SH1	0.08	0.65	−0.04	−0.07	0.10
	SH2	−0.03	0.88	−0.02	0.01	−0.07
	SH3	−0.11	0.93	0.00	−0.02	0.01
	SH4	−0.05	0.85	−0.07	0.02	0.01
	SH5	0.01	0.79	0.04	0.01	0.05
	SH6	0.06	0.63	0.11	−0.03	−0.02
	SH7	0.06	0.76	0.05	0.01	−0.07
	SH8	0.07	0.58	−0.03	0.05	0.00
3. Perceived COVID-19 information overload	OV1	−0.06	0.03	−0.07	0.05	0.86
	OV2	0.01	0.07	0.06	0.03	0.70
	OV3	0.05	−0.10	0.05	−0.06	0.78
4. COVID-19 fear	CF1	−0.01	−0.01	0.02	0.92	−0.04
	CF2	0.07	0.01	−0.01	0.88	0.01
	CF3	−0.05	−0.01	0.00	0.88	0.05
5. Fake news related to COVID-19	FA1	−0.01	0.01	0.79	−0.02	0.07
	FA2	0.03	0.06	0.84	−0.02	0.04
	FA3	0.00	−0.02	0.95	0.03	−0.05
	FA4	−0.01	0.00	0.95	0.02	−0.04
	FA5	−0.02	−0.04	0.82	0.00	0.01

Highlighted values represent loadings of items on their corresponding variables.