Table 3 Study 2 construct reliability...

Table 3

Study 2 construct reliability and convergent validity

Constructs and their items	Study 1
	Loads	α	CR	AVE
Intention to Use		0.955	0.965	0.846
1. I will use the humanoid social robot to search for information on products	0.899
2. I will use the humanoid social robot to select my products at the store	0.896
3. I intend to use the humanoid social robot to proceed with my purchase at the store	0.946
4. I plan to use the humanoid social robot in the future	0.926
5. I will use the humanoid social robot at this store to make a purchase	0.933
Realistic Threat		0.648	0.932	0.587
1. The increased use of humanoid social robots in our everyday life is causing more job losses for humans	0.721
2. In the long run, humanoid social robots pose a direct threat to human safety and wellbeing	0.766
3. I would feel very nervous just standing in front of a humanoid social robot	0.810
Speciesism		0.854	0.894	0.584
1. Morally, animals always count for less than humans	0.770
2. Humans have the right to use animals however they want to	0.778
3. It is morally acceptable to keep animals in circuses for human entertainment	0.666
4. It is morally acceptable to trade animals like possessions	0.812
5. Chimpanzees should not have basic legal rights such as a right to life or a prohibition of torture	0.727
6. It is morally acceptable to perform medical experiments on animals that we would not perform on any human	0.824

Constructs and their items	Study 1
	Loads	α	CR	AVE
Intention to Use		0.955	0.965	0.846
1. I will use the humanoid social robot to search for information on products	0.899
2. I will use the humanoid social robot to select my products at the store	0.896
3. I intend to use the humanoid social robot to proceed with my purchase at the store	0.946
4. I plan to use the humanoid social robot in the future	0.926
5. I will use the humanoid social robot at this store to make a purchase	0.933
Realistic Threat		0.648	0.932	0.587
1. The increased use of humanoid social robots in our everyday life is causing more job losses for humans	0.721
2. In the long run, humanoid social robots pose a direct threat to human safety and wellbeing	0.766
3. I would feel very nervous just standing in front of a humanoid social robot	0.810
Speciesism		0.854	0.894	0.584
1. Morally, animals always count for less than humans	0.770
2. Humans have the right to use animals however they want to	0.778
3. It is morally acceptable to keep animals in circuses for human entertainment	0.666
4. It is morally acceptable to trade animals like possessions	0.812
5. Chimpanzees should not have basic legal rights such as a right to life or a prohibition of torture	0.727
6. It is morally acceptable to perform medical experiments on animals that we would not perform on any human	0.824

Note(s): All items have high loadings. Criteria: Cronbach’s α > 0.70 (Nunnally and Bernstein, 1994), Composite Reliability (CR) > 0.70 and Average Variance Extracted (AVE) > 0.50 (Hair et al., 2010)

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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