Table 2

Descriptives, reliability, convergent, and discriminant validity of the measuring instruments

VariableMeanSDFL (t-value)CRAVECorrelations
F2F3F4F5
(F1) FoMO-Personal3.811.53 0.910.68 (0.82)0.440.350.150.17
FoMO-P1  0.83 (34.46)      
FoMO-P2  0.82 (33.47)      
FoMO-P3  0.84 (36.92)      
FoMO-P4  0.83 (35.36)      
FoMO-P5  0.79 (33.55)      
(F2) FoMO-Social1.901.16 0.930.82 (0.91)1.000.610.190.17
FoMO-S2  0.83 (7.95)      
FoMO-S3  0.92 (9.90)      
FoMO-S4  0.96 (10.13)      
(F3) BEL2.181.30 0.890.72 (0.85) 1.000.240.27
BEL1  0.81 (5.39)      
BEL2  0.88 (4.88)      
BEL3  0.86 (5.41)      
(F4) CHC3.201.32 0.900.69 (0.83)  1.000.56
CHC1  0.76 (34.27)      
CHC2  0.81 (35.40)      
CHC3  0.88 (34.20)      
CHC4  0.87 (15.86)      
(F5) INT3.471.52 0.780.64 (0.80)   1.00
INT1  0.85 (6.76)      
INT3  0.75 (7.62)      

Note(s): SD, Standard deviation; FL, factor loading; CR, Composite reliability

AVE, Average Variance Extracted

The square root of the AVE is shown under each AVE value

INT, Intention to purchase products with health claims; BEL, Tendency to purchase based on the need to belong; CHC, Credibility of health claims; INT, Intention to purchase

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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