Table 3 Convergent and divergent validity.

From: The mediating role of teaching enthusiasm in the relationship between mindfulness, growth mindset, and psychological well-being of Chinese EFL teachers

Variables

AVE

CR

1

2

3

4

1. Mindfulness

0.63

0.86

0.79

Ā Ā Ā 

2. growth mindset

0.52

0.89

0.43**

0.72

Ā Ā 

3. enthusiasm

0.69

0.91

0.39**

0.39**

0.82

Ā 

4. well-being

0.58

0.83

0.53**

0.33**

0.54**

0.76

  1. AVE average variance extracted, CR composite reliability. bold font numbers are square roots of the AVE; off diagonals are correlation confidence. **p < 0.001.