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Table 2 Assessment of Measurement Model for (a) Low Order Construct and (b) Higher Order Construct

From: Psychometric evaluation of the Protection Motivation Theory scale in assessing fall protection motivation among older adults to reduce fall risk

(a)Low Order Construct						(b) Higher Order Construct
Latent variable	Item	Outer loading	Cronbach's Alpha	Composite reliability	AVE	Latent variable/ Item	Outer loading	Cronbach's Alpha	Composite reliability	AVE
Fear	F1	0.916	0.913	0.945	0.852	F1	0.916	0.913	0.945	0.852
	F2	0.937				F2	0.937
	F3	0.917				F3	0.916
PM	PM1	0.849	0.845	0.890	0.619	PM1	0.849	0.845	0.890	0.619
	PM2	0.735				PM2	0.821
	PM3	0.799				PM3	0.799
	PM4	0.844				PM4	0.844
	PM5	0.696				PM5	0.697
Perceived costs	PC1	0.772	0.779	0.872	0.695	PC1	0.744	0.779	0.872	0.695
	PC4	0.823				PC4	0.821
	PC5	0.902				PC5	0.902
Perceived rewards	PR1	0.966	0.931	0.967	0.935	PR1	0.966	0.931	0.967	0.935
Perceived rewards	PR2	0.969				PR2	0.968
Response efficacy	RE1	0.850	0.884	0.912	0.635	Response efficacy	0.949	Coping appraisal = 0.888	Coping appraisal = 0.947	Coping appraisal = 0.899
	RE2	0.845
	RE3	0.865
	RE4	0.812
	RE5	0.763
	RE6	0.620
Self efficacy	SE1	0.772	0.822	0.882	0.651	Self efficacy	0.947
	SE2	0.818
	SE3	0.796
	SE4	0.839
Severity	S3	0.794	0.793	0.864	0.613	Severity	0.953	Threat appraisal = 0.740	Threat appraisal = 0.874	Threat appraisal = 0.778
	S4	0.765
	S5	0.772
	S6	0.800
Vulnerability	V1	0.580	0.706	0.821	0.538	Vulnerability	0.805
	V3	0.719
	S1	0.833
	S2	0.777

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