Table 3 Reliability and convergent validity of the scales (Study 2, n = 188).

From: How the product-harm crisis influences consumer boycotts: the role of social distance

Construct

Item

Sig. test of parameters

Std.

Item reliability

Composite reliability

Convergence validity

Cronbach’s α

Unstd.

S.E.

t-value

p

SMC

CR

AVE

Perceived betrayal

M = 4.385,SD = 0.847

PB1

1.000

   

0.818

0.669

0.837

0.632

0.836

PB2

1.015

0.090

11.278

***

0.766

0.587

PB3

1.054

0.089

11.905

***

0.800

0.640

Blame attribution

M = 4.507,SD = 0.780

BA1

1.000

   

0.803

0.645

0.821

0.606

0.820

BA2

0.847

0.081

10.417

***

0.774

0.599

BA3

0.941

0.092

10.208

***

0.757

0.573

Consumer boycott

M = 4.663,SD = 0.725

CB1

1.000

   

0.722

0.521

0.783

0.546

0.779

CB2

1.222

0.131

9.309

***

0.753

0.567

CB3

1.228

0.134

9.196

***

0.742

0.551

  1. χ2 = 22.836, d.f. = 24, χ2/df = 0.951(0.90), NFI = 0.973(>0.90), RMR = 0.021(<0.05).
  2. AVE average variance extracted, SMC square multiple correlation, CR composite reliability, GFI goodness-of-fit index, NFI normed fit index, RMR root mean square residual.
  3. ***p < 0.001.
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