Table 1. Confirmatory factor analysis...

Table 1.

Confirmatory factor analysis

Action competence (AC)				Hope (HO)
Loadings	KAP	COI	WTA		PW	CW
Lower order
Q1	0.602			Q18	0.843
Q2	0.865			Q20	0.858
Q3	0.850			Q21	0.901
Q4	0.854			Q14		0.787
Q5		0.825		Q15		0.823
Q6		0.826		Q16		0.726
Q7		0.855		Q17		0.761
Q8		0.878		Q19		0.719
Q9			0.837
Q10			0.850
Q11			0.827
Q12			0.830
Cronbach	0.807	0.868	0.856	Cronbach	0.835	0.821
CR	0.875	0.910	0.903	CR	0.901	0.875
Squared inter-factor correlations
KAP	1.000
COI	0.409	1.000		PW	1.000
WTA	0.460	0.545	1.000	CW	0.427	1.000
AVE	0.640	0.716	0.699	AVE	0.753	0.584
Higher order
	AC				HO
KAP	0.907			PW	0.945
COI	0.863			CW	0.865
WTA	0.887
Cronbach	0.867			Cronbach	0.790
CR	0.916			CR	0.901

Action competence (AC)				Hope (HO)
Loadings	KAP	COI	WTA		PW	CW
Lower order
Q1	0.602			Q18	0.843
Q2	0.865			Q20	0.858
Q3	0.850			Q21	0.901
Q4	0.854			Q14		0.787
Q5		0.825		Q15		0.823
Q6		0.826		Q16		0.726
Q7		0.855		Q17		0.761
Q8		0.878		Q19		0.719
Q9			0.837
Q10			0.850
Q11			0.827
Q12			0.830
Cronbach	0.807	0.868	0.856	Cronbach	0.835	0.821
CR	0.875	0.910	0.903	CR	0.901	0.875
Squared inter-factor correlations
KAP	1.000
COI	0.409	1.000		PW	1.000
WTA	0.460	0.545	1.000	CW	0.427	1.000
AVE	0.640	0.716	0.699	AVE	0.753	0.584
Higher order
	AC				HO
KAP	0.907			PW	0.945
COI	0.863			CW	0.865
WTA	0.887
Cronbach	0.867			Cronbach	0.790
CR	0.916			CR	0.901

Note(s):

KAP = knowledge of action possibilities; COI = confidence in personal influence; WTA = willingness to act; PW = personal way/willpower; CW = collective way/willpower; CR = composite reliability

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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