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Table 5 Measurement scales, reliability and validity of the constructs

From: Determinants of the willingness to participate in biobanking among Malaysian stakeholders in the Klang Valley

Factor and Item

Corrected item-total correlation

Alpha (α)

Standardized factor loading

Composite reliability

Average variance extracted (AVE)

Engagement

 

0.691

 

0.713

0.456

1.

Past and intended behaviour

0.468

 

0.707

  

2.

Awareness

0.568

 

0.844

  

3.

Knowledge

0.527

 

0.734

  

Trust in Key Players

 

0.832

 

0.835

0.629

4.

Scientists have done a good job for society

0.642

 

0.719

  

5.

Producers have done a good job for society

0.737

 

0.834

  

6.

Policy makers have done a good job for society

0.698

 

0.866

  

Attitudes towards Technology

 

0.881

 

0.876

0.639

7.

Leading to humanity’s extermination

0.726

 

0.823

  

8.

Impacts on urban life

0.794

 

0.876

  

9.

Detrimental to humanity

0.762

 

0.860

  

10.

Upsetting the balance of nature

0.688

 

0.811

  

Religiosity

 

0.947

 

0.949

0.823

11.

Importance of religion

0.904

 

0.930

  

12.

Decisions made based on religious views

0.811

 

0.868

  

13.

Importance of praying

0.911

 

0.942

  

14.

Importance of reading scriptures

0.869

 

0.914

  

Religious Acceptance

 

0.838

 

0.840

0.723

15.

Accepted by religion

0.722

 

0.852

  

16.

Accepted as part of customs

0.722

 

0.841

  

Perceived Benefit

 

0.796

 

0.774

0.464

17.

Enhance the quality of life

0.587

 

0.730

  

18.

Useful to society

0.663

 

0.785

  

19.

Solve problems that cannot currently be solved with traditional methods

0.528

 

0.696

  

20.

Benefits exceed risks

0.659

 

0.774

  

Issues of Data and Specimen Protection

 

0.594

 

0.616

0.356

22.

May give rise to unknown consequences

0.402

 

0.493

  

24.

Worries about ownership issues related to biobank data and specimens

0.451

 

0.825

  

25.

Probability of data and specimen misuse

0.464

 

0.788

  

Willingness to Participate in Biobanking

 

0.810

 

0.834

0.641

26.

Support the sharing of personal information and biological materials

0.482

 

0.767

  

27.

Willing to provide personal information

0.780

 

0.841

  

28.

Willing to give blood or tissue samples

0.740

 

0.805

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