Table 4 Validity and reliability of the survey instrument: Cronbach’s alpha (CA), composite reliability (CR), average variance extracted (AVE), and heterotrait-monotrait ratio of correlations (HTMT) analysis.

From: Factors influencing the adoption of secure software engineering practices in pre-adoption and post-adoption phases

Construct

CA

CR

AVE

1

2

3

4

5

6

1: AoRtDS

0.705

0.710

0.553

      

2: AoNSSEP

0.953

0.954

0.874

0.428

     

3: AtSSE

0.826

0.831

0.622

0.418

0.427

    

4: SN

0.934

0.934

0.826

0.278

0.577

0.527

   

5: EoU

0.894

0.895

0.740

0.378

0.596

0.416

0.461

  

6: PU

0.716

0.717

0.558

0.381

0.144

0.657

0.219

0.213

 

7: BI

0.929

0.930

0.817

0.417

0.614

0.669

0.632

0.542

0.407

  1. AoRtDS – awareness of risks to developed software; AoNSSEP – awareness of newest SSE practices; AtSSE – attitude toward SSE; SN – subjective norm; EoU – ease of use; PU – perceived usefulness; BI – behavioral intention.
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