Table 4.

Discriminant validity (Fornell-Larcker criterion)^a.

Constructs	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Emotional support	.881	—	—	—	—	—	—
2. Online health information seeking	.571	.860	—	—	—	—	—
3. Informational support	.621	.526	.864	—	—	—	—
4. Perceived benefits	.684	.660	.676	.858	—	—	—
5. Perceived risk	.526	.578	.461	.585	.867	—	—
6. Perceived severity	.522	.576	.460	.582	.717	.879	—
7. Perceived susceptibility	.513	.529	.442	.488	.698	.629	.854

^aValues on the diagonal represent the square root of average variance extracted (AVE) for each construct.