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Table 2 Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Item Convergent-Discriminant Validity (N = 401)

From: Professional socialization of hospital nurses: A scale development and validation study

Factor

Item

Estimate

Std. estimate

SE

AVE

CR

r2, HTMT

r ± 2SE

EP

RR

CL

NM

 

r

SE

±2SE

EP

21

1.00

0.68

 

0.65

0.94

    

EP-RR

0.60

0.03

0.54–0.67

22

0.94

0.71

0.07

      

EP-CL

0.89

0.04

0.82–0.96

29

0.89

0.65

0.07

      

EP-DM

0.85

0.03

0.78–0.91

36

1.16

0.78

0.08

          

37

1.03

0.70

0.08

          

39

1.03

0.78

0.07

          

42

0.93

0.67

0.08

          

45

1.11

0.80

0.08

          

RR

17

1.00

0.81

 

0.66

0.85

0.36, 0.63

   

RR-CL

0.66

0.04

0.59–0.74

18

1.19

0.86

0.07

      

RR-DM

0.64

0.08

0.56–0.71

19

0.97

0.73

0.06

          

CL

8

1.00

0.79

 

0.68

0.92

0.78, 0.89

0.44, 0.68

  

CL-DM

0.90

0.04

0.82–0.98

11

0.84

0.73

0.05

          

12

0.85

0.76

0.05

          

13

0.95

0.82

0.05

          

15

0.99

0.78

0.06

          

DM

2

1.00

0.79

 

0.70

0.92

0.71, 0.85

0.41, 0.66

0.81, 0.90

     

3

0.83

0.77

0.05

          

4

0.94

0.79

0.05

          

5

1.04

0.84

0.06

          

6

0.99

0.76

0.06

          

χ2 = 460.33, χ2/df = 2.52, TLI = 0.94, CFI = 0.95, SRMR = 0.04, RMSEA (90% CI) = 0.06 (0.055–0.069)

  1. AVE = average variance extracted; CFI = comparative fit index; CL = clinical competency based on leadership; CR = construct reliability; DM = desire and motivation for professional development; EP = ethical practice and reflection; HTMT = heterotrait-monotrait; r = correlation coefficient; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation; RR = experience of respect and recognition; SE = standard error; SRMR = standardized root mean residual; Std. = standardized; TLI = Tucker-Lewis index
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