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. 2022 Dec 20;13:1009792. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1009792

TABLE 2.

Reliabilities for reflective measured latent constructs.

CE SD t P 95% CI
Average variance extracted
Body dissatisfaction 0.75 0.06 13.65 <0.001 [0.64, 0.82]
Internalization 0.87 0.04 21.00 <0.001 [0.81, 0.92]
Composite reliability
Body dissatisfaction 0.94 0.02 46.59 <0.001 [0.90, 0.96]
Internalization 0.95 0.02 42.59 <0.001 [0.93, 0.97]
Cronbach’s alpha
Body dissatisfaction 0.92 0.02 38.12 <0.001 [0.87, 0.95]
Internalization 0.93 0.02 42.19 <0.001 [0.88, 0.95]
Rho
Body dissatisfaction 0.93 0.03 32.68 <0.001 [0.86, 0.95]
Internalization 0.93 0.35 2.65 0.004 [−7.34, 0.95]

AVE: Degree to which a latent construct explains the variance of its indicators (convergent validity; AVE > .5 for good fit). Composite Reliability: Measure of internal consistency reliability. Cronbach’s alpha: Measure of internal consistency reliability assuming equal indicator loadings (more conservative). Cronbach’s alpha is the lower bound, composite reliability the upper bound for internal consistency reliability. Rho: Measure for composite reliability, Rho > 0.7 for good fit.