Table 5 Discriminant validity assessed by evaluating the difference between the AVE for each latent factor and the square of the latent factor correlation
Squared correlations | AVEs | Discriminant validity |
|---|---|---|
Latent active coping factor with latent affective coping factor = 0.147 | Latent active coping factor = 0.485 | 0.485 − 0.147 = 0.338 0.485 − 0.147 = 0.338 |
Latent active coping factor with latent passive adherence coping factor = 0.460 | Latent affective coping factor = 0.485 | 0.485 − 0.460 = 0.025 0.264–0.460 = −0.196 |
Latent affective coping factor with latent passive adherence coping factor = 0.147 | Latent passive adherence coping factor = 0.264 | 0.485 − 0.147 = 0.338 0.264 − 0.147 = 0.117 |