Table 3 Descriptive statistics (mean, item-total correlations, and factor loadings) of the items of each factor of the Volunteer Functions Inventory and Theory of Planned Behaviour.

From: Assessing scale reliability in citizen science motivational research: lessons learned from two case studies in Uganda

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Interview setting

Individual

Group

Individual

Group

Factors

Items

Mean

Corr

λ

Mean

Corr

λ

Mean

Corr

λ

Mean

Corr

λ

Understanding

U1

6.4

0.1

−0.4

6.7

0.4

0.2

6.4

0.4

0.4

6.4

0.6

0.5

U2

6.9

0.4

−0.3

6.8

0.5

0.3

6.7

0.1

0.1

6.6

0.6

0.5

U3

6.3

0.1

0.0

6.4

0.5

0.8

6.6

0.4

0.4

6.5

0.6

0.7

U4

6.1

0.4

−0.1

6.4

0.5

0.6

5.9

0.5

1.0

6.3

0.6

0.5

U5

6.7

0.3

−0.2

6.8

0.3

0.2

6.3

0.4

0.5

6.4

0.6

0.9

Values

V1

6.3

0.0

0.1

6.6

0.0

0.1

6.5

0.1

0.1

6.5

0.4

0.3

V2

6.1

0.4

−0.9

6.2

0.0

0.1

5.9

0.4

0.6

5.5

0.5

0.9

V3

6.2

0.4

−0.8

6.2

0.4

1.5

6.3

0.5

0.8

6.2

0.4

0.6

V4

6.5

0.0

0.0

6.8

0.1

0.1

6.0

0.3

0.6

6.0

0.5

0.7

V5

6.6

0.6

−1.0

6.5

0.3

0.5

6.4

0.3

0.4

6.2

0.4

0.5

Career

C1

6.1

0.3

0.5

5.9

0.7

1.4

6.0

0.4

0.9

6.4

0.4

0.4

C2

6.5

0.4

0.3

6.3

0.5

0.9

6.2

0.1

0.0

6.2

0.4

0.6

C3

5.6

0.3

0.8

5.6

0.5

1.0

6.1

0.4

0.8

6.3

0.7

0.9

C4

5.9

0.5

1.3

6.3

0.7

1.0

6.1

0.4

0.6

6.3

0.4

0.7

C5

6.6

0.1

0.1

6.7

0.3

0.2

6.4

0.3

0.3

6.5

0.5

0.6

Social

S1

5.5

0.6

1.1

5.5

0.5

1.5

5.4

0.4

1.0

5.1

0.4

1.0

S2

4.1

0.4

1.2

5.6

0.8

2.0

4.3

0.6

1.7

5.4

0.5

1.0

S3

5.6

0.6

1.1

6.0

0.4

0.7

5.5

0.4

0.6

5.7

0.4

0.8

S4

5.4

0.3

0.5

5.7

0.6

1.2

5.5

0.5

0.8

5.9

0.2

0.3

S5

5.7

0.4

1.0

6.0

0.6

1.0

5.5

0.3

0.5

5.5

0.2

0.4

Enhancement

E1

6.1

0.1

0.1

6.7

0.4

0.5

6.1

0.3

0.4

5.9

0.5

0.8

E2

6.1

0.4

0.7

6.6

0.4

0.2

6.0

0.6

1.1

6.1

0.6

0.9

E3

6.3

0.3

0.3

6.7

0.3

0.5

6.2

0.5

0.7

6.2

0.5

0.6

E4

6.3

0.5

0.8

6.3

0.4

0.5

6.2

0.4

0.6

6.5

0.6

0.7

E5

6.0

0.4

0.8

6.3

0.3

0.4

6.2

0.4

0.4

6.5

0.4

0.5

Protective

P1

4.8

0.3

0.6

5.0

0.7

1.7

4.6

0.5

1.2

5.2

0.5

1.1

P2

5.1

0.4

0.9

4.7

0.6

1.4

5.0

0.4

0.8

5.5

0.5

1.0

P3

5.2

0.5

1.2

5.2

0.6

1.6

4.4

0.2

0.2

5.7

0.5

0.8

P4

5.2

0.6

1.7

4.3

0.6

1.6

5.3

0.4

0.8

5.9

0.5

0.9

P5

5.1

0.6

1.4

5.7

0.6

1.2

4.8

0.5

1.5

5.4

0.5

1.0

Attitude

A1

6.4

0.7

0.2

6.8

0.3

0.2

6.3

0.7

0.8

6.4

0.6

0.5

A2

6.4

0.5

0.1

6.7

0.3

0.2

6.2

0.5

0.4

6.5

0.7

0.5

A3

6.4

0.7

0.3

6.6

0.1

0.1

6.1

0.7

0.8

6.5

0.9

0.9

A4

6.2

0.5

0.1

6.8

0.3

0.2

6.0

0.5

0.4

6.3

0.8

1.0

A5

5.8

0.5

0.6

6.6

0.4

0.4

6.0

0.5

0.8

6.3

0.8

1.0

A6

5.8

0.3

0.8

6.5

0.2

0.2

4.8

0.3

0.5

6.3

0.8

1.0

Subjective norms

SN1

6.5

0.3

0.3

6.1

0.4

0.4

6.3

0.3

0.3

6.3

0.3

0.6

SN2

5.0

0.3

1.1

5.7

0.7

1.4

5.5

0.3

0.4

6.1

0.1

0.2

SN3

6.3

0.1

0.5

5.8

0.7

1.7

6.1

0.1

0.1

6.5

0.5

0.8

SN4

4.9

0.4

1.5

5.1

0.6

1.4

5.4

0.4

0.9

6.4

0.2

0.1

SN5

4.6

0.4

1.5

5.2

0.6

1.2

4.7

0.4

1.1

5.8

0.3

0.5

SN6

5.6

0.4

0.4

5.4

0.6

1.5

5.8

0.4

0.7

6.1

0.3

0.4

PBC

PBC1

6.0

0.0

−0.1

6.0

0.2

0.6

6.0

0.0

0.2

5.8

0.1

0.2

PBC2b

4.3

0.0

−0.3

4.0

0.2

0.3

3.7

0.0

0.5

4.5

0.2

0.7

PBC3

5.0

0.1

1.9

3.7

0.4

1.3

5.3

0.1

−0.8

4.9

0.5

2.3

PBC4

3.8

−0.1

1.0

3.5

0.1

1.4

4.1

−0.1

−1.4

5.1

0.2

0.8

PBC5b

6.0

−0.1

−0.1

5.7

−0.2

−0.7

5.9

−0.1

0.6

5.2

0.1

0.3

Intention

INT1

6.5

0.0

0.5

6.7

0.0

0.2

6.5

0.0

0.4

6.5

0.4

0.5

INT2

6.5

0.0

0.1

6.7

0.5

0.6

6.3

0.0

0.1

6.7

0.3

0.2

INT3b

6.1

0.0

0.2

6.0

0.1

0.6

5.7

0.0

−0.1

5.7

0.4

1.5

Moral obligation

MO1

5.1

0.0

0.4

5.1

0.2

0.4

5.7

0.0

0.1

4.9

0.0

0.2

MO2

5.6

0.1

1.8

5.3

0.2

2.3

5.9

0.1

1.6

5.9

0.1

0.3

MO3

6.6

0.0

0.0

6.9

0.0

0.0

6.5

0.0

0.0

6.4

0.2

1.5

Self-identity

SI1

6.6

0.5

0.1

6.4

0.4

0.9

6.4

0.5

0.4

6.5

0.1

0.8

SI2b

6.1

0.4

0.2

6.1

−0.2

−0.4

6.0

0.4

0.6

5.4

0.0

0.1

SI3

6.3

0.5

1.1

6.0

0.2

1.5

6.3

0.5

0.9

6.5

0.0

0.1

  1. PBC is perceived behavioural control, corr refers to the item-total correlation, λ = factor loadings and items with b (e.g., PBC2b) were reverse-coded items.