Table 3.
Exploratory factor analysis for scale development (Study 1).
| Construct's items | Item Label | Mean | Item loadings | Item-rest correlation | Average inter-item correlation | α |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 make me worry a lot about my normal ways of travelling. | PATS_1 | 5.52 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.92 |
| It makes me uncomfortable to think about COVID-19 while planning my vacation. | PATS_2 | 5.30 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| I am afraid to risk my life when I travel, because of COVID-19. | PATS_3 | 5.09 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.7 | 0.90 |
| When watching news about COVID-19, I become nervous or anxious in regards to travel. | PATS_4 | 5.02 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.91 |
| I do not feel safe to travel due to COVID-19. | PATS_5 | 5.27 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.71 | 0.91 |
| Cronbach's Alpha (α) | 0.93 | |||||
| Composite reliability (ω) | 0.93 | |||||
| Average Variance Extracted (AVE) | 0.72 |
Notes: The items were introduced with: ‘Please rate the following statement:’ and the respondents scored on a seven-point Likert scale (1 = ‘strongly disagree’; 7 = ‘strongly agree’). AVE, α and ω are derived from the EFA.