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. 2022 Dec 23;22:823. doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-04485-y

Table 5.

Internal consistency reliability and convergent validity

Latent variables Scale type Indicator Loadings CR Cronbach´s alpha AVE t-value weight VIF
Occupational Stress Reflective nursing profession and work 0.833 0.934 0.911 0.738 NA NA NA
workload and time allocation 0.867 NA NA NA
resource and environment problem 0.837 NA NA NA
patient care 0.913 NA NA NA
Management and interpersonal relationships 0.843 NA NA NA
Psychological resilience Reflective tenacity 0.928 0.949 0.919 0.861 NA NA NA
strength 0.952 NA NA NA
optimism 0.903 NA NA NA
Mental health Formative WEMWBS NA NA NA NA 48.028 0.934 1.250
GHQ-12 NA NA NA NA 3.768 -0.132 1.250

CR Composite reliability, AVE Average Variance Extracted (convergent validity), NA Not applicable, VIF: Variance Inflation Factor, t -values are 2.57, 1.96 and 1.65 for significance levels of 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively (two tailed tests)