TABLE 5.
SEM empirical results.
| Hypothesis | Path | Estimate | S.E. | P-value | Result |
| H1–1 | Competence → Brand love | 0.246 | 0.028 | *** | Significant |
| H1–2 | Sincerity → Brand love | 0.311 | 0.033 | *** | Significant |
| H1–3 | Excitement → Brand love | 0.291 | 0.029 | *** | Significant |
| H1–4 | Sophistication → Brand love | 0.265 | 0.027 | *** | Significant |
| H1–5 | Ruggedness → Brand love | 0.073 | 0.027 | * | Partially significant |
| H2 | Brand love → eWOM | 0.541 | 0.061 | *** | Significant |
*** p < 0.001, * p < 0.100.