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Table 3 Internal and discriminant validity of the scale

From: Validation of the attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS scale in nursing students

  

AVE1

AVE2

ϕ

ϕ2

 

F.1

 F.2

0.53

0.55

0.50

0.25

Yes

F.1

 F.3

0.53

0.51

0.36

0.13

Yes

F.1

 F.4

0.53

0.62

0.35

0.12

Yes

F.2

 F.3

0.55

0.51

0.25

0.06

Yes

F.2

 F.3

0.55

0.62

0.14

0.02

Yes

F.3

 F.3

0.51

0.62

0.23

0.05

Yes

  1. Abbreviations: F.1: Professional practice; F.2: Social integration; F.3: Couple and family; F.4: Benevolent stigma; AVE Average variance extracted; ϕ: Interfactorial correlation; ϕ2: Variance.