Table 4 Discriminant Validity.

From: Adoption of conservative agricultural practices among rural Chinese farmers

 

BV

AV

EP

AC

AR

PN

GT

ICP

ACP

Fornell–Larcker criterion

BV

0.787

        

AV

0.593

0.829

       

EP

0.268

0.273

0.811

      

AC

0.105

0.151

0.176

0.738

     

AR

0.366

0.348

0.575

0.323

0.816

    

PN

0.199

0.226

0.590

0.235

0.566

0.826

   

GT

0.300

0.320

0.613

0.227

0.666

0.566

0.822

  

ICP

0.295

0.283

0.345

0.469

0.361

0.325

0.377

0.771

 

ACP

0.307

0.277

0.535

0.210

0.588

0.522

0.729

0.426

0.872

Heterotrait-Monotrait ratio (HTMT)

BV

         

AV

0.718

        

EP

0.323

0.315

       

AC

0.120

0.172

0.199

      

AR

0.440

0.407

0.664

0.360

     

PN

0.238

0.260

0.670

0.267

0.632

    

GT

0.358

0.370

0.700

0.253

0.757

0.642

   

ICP

0.350

0.316

0.387

0.546

0.405

0.355

0.421

  

ACP

0.360

0.313

0.593

0.232

0.655

0.577

0.812

0.464

 
  1. Note: BV biospheric values, AV altruistic values, EP new environmental paradigm, AC awareness of consequences, AR ascription of responsibility, PN personal norms; GT green trust, ICP intention towards conservation agricultural practices, ACP adoption of conservation agricultural practices.
  2. Source: Author’s data analysis.