Table 3.
Reliability and convergence validity.
| Constructs and items | Indicator loading | Cronbach alpha | Composite reliability | AVEa | |||||
| Perceived susceptibility | .814 | .890 | .729 | ||||||
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PSUb1 | .881 |
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PSU2 | .795 | |||||||
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PSU3 | .883 | |||||||
| Perceived severity | .852 | .910 | .772 | ||||||
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PSEc1 | .888 |
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PSE2 | .861 | |||||||
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PSE3 | .886 | |||||||
| Informational support | .831 | .898 | .747 | ||||||
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ISd1 | .883 |
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IS2 | .832 | |||||||
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IS3 | .878 | |||||||
| Emotional support | .856 | .913 | .777 | ||||||
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ESe1 | .896 |
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ES2 | .861 | |||||||
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ES3 | .888 | |||||||
| Perceived risk | .835 | .901 | .752 | ||||||
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PCRf1 | .882 |
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PCR2 | .834 | |||||||
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PCR3 | .885 | |||||||
| Perceived benefits | .821 | .894 | .737 | ||||||
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PBFg1 | .867 |
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PBF2 | .834 | |||||||
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PBF3 | .874 | |||||||
| Online health information seeking | .824 | .895 | .740 | ||||||
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OHISh1 | .881 |
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OHIS2 | .823 | |||||||
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OHIS3 | .874 | |||||||
aAVE: average variance extracted.
bPSU: perceived susceptibility.
cPSE: perceived severity.
dIS: informational support.
eES: emotional support.
fPCR: perceived risk.
gPBF: perceived benefit.
hOHIS: online health information seeking.