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)