Analysis of the chain mediation effect between intergenerational support and mental health of older adults in urban China: a structural equation model

Table 3 Discriminant validity

Average Variance Extracted (AVE)	Construct	Intergenerational Support	Attitudes toward Younger People	Willingness to Interact with Younger people	Mental Health
0.3100	Intergenerational Support	*0.557*
0.7154	Attitude toward Younger People	0.235	*0.846*
0.5230	Willingness to Interact with Younger People	0.004	0.238	*0.723*
0.3814	Mental Health	0.119	0.316	0.257	*0.618*

Note: Diagonal italic values are the square roots of the AVE value of constructs

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