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. 2023 Jan 27:1–25. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11218-023-09765-3

Table 3.

Discriminant validity

AVE Individual factors Others’ aspirations Attachments SES
Individual factors 0.506 0.711
Others’ aspirations 0.589 0.256 0.767
Attachments 0.407 0.543 0.103 0.638
SES 0.319 0.163 0.143 0.173 0.565

Square root of AVE in bold on diagonals; Off diagonals are Pearson correlations of constructs AVE = Average variance extracted; SES = Socioeconomic status