Table 5 Multigroup analysis.

From: Sponsorship effectiveness on betting intention-unobserved segmentation

Parameter

Relationship between variables

Segment 1

Segment 2

Differences MGA (Segment 1–Segment 2)

Path coefficients

AttSpo -> BetInt

0.089**

0.247**

−0.158

BetInt -> GamBeh

0.778***

0.825***

−0.048

Congruency -> AttSpo

0.128**

0.493***

−0.365**

Congruency -> Continuity

−0.483***

0.689***

−1.172***

Congruency -> Credibility

−0.524***

0.698***

−1.222***

Congruency -> Integrity

−0.439***

0.701***

−1.140***

Continuity -> AttSpo

0.259***

0.279***

−0.020

Credibility -> AttSpo

0.303**

0.127

0.177

Integrity -> AttSpo

0.314***

0.182**

0.132

Conventional/Betting × Congruency -> AttSpo

−0.035

0.193

−0.228

Conventional/Betting × AttSpo -> BetInt

−0.207**

−0.284***

0.077

Composite reliability (CR)

AttSpo

0.949

0.96

 

BetInt

0.883

0.894

Congruency

0.874

0.906

Continuity

0.966

0.973

Credibility

0.942

0.935

Integrity

0.96

0.956

Average extracted variance (AVE)

AttSpo

0.790

0.829

BetInt

0.505

0.514

Congruency

0.645

0.709

Continuity

0.906

0.923

Credibility

0.891

0.877

Integrity

0.858

0.843

  1. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. AttSpo Attitude toward the sponsor, BetInt Betting intention, GamBeh gambling behavior, CGP commercial gambling provider.