Fig. 3: Inter-construct correlations demonstrating discriminant validity.

This figure depicts the correlation matrix that was used to determine discriminant validity according to the Fornell–Larcker criteria. The diagonal cells contain the square roots of the AVE values for each construct, which are greater than the inter-construct correlations. The panels emphasize the most important connections, like the very strong positive correlations between Participation and Social Equity (r = 0.47) and between Perceived Legal Effectiveness and Environmental Sustainability (r = 0.52).