Research Article
Engagement in Games: Developing an Instrument to Measure Consumer Videogame Engagement and Its Validation
Table 3
Confirmatory factor analysis and construct validity (convergent and discriminant validity) Sample 2 (
= 270).
| Construct scale | Item | Convergent validity | CR | Cronbach’s alpha | Loadings | AVE |
| Conscious attention | Con.Atten1 | 0.854 | 0.72 | 0.93 | 0.91 | Con.Atten2 | 0.864 | | | | Con.Atten3 | 0.841 | | | | Con.Atten4 | 0.854 | | | | Con.Atten5 | 0.840 | | | |
| Absorption | Absorp1 | 0.735 | 0.61 | 0.89 | 0.84 | Absorp2 | 0.728 | | | | Absorp3 | 0.832 | | | | Absorp5 | 0.802 | | | | Absorp6 | 0.808 | | | |
| Dedication | Dedicate2 | 0.832 | 0.64 | 0.90 | 0.86 | Dedicate3 | 0.849 | | | | Dedicate4 | 0.819 | | | | Dedicate5 | 0.821 | | | | Dedicate7 | 0.678 | | | |
| Enthusiasm | Enthusi1 | 0.756 | 0.65 | 0.90 | 0.86 | Enthusi2 | 0.846 | | | | Enthusi3 | 0.837 | | | | Enthusi5 | 0.813 | | | | Enthusi6 | 0.768 | | | |
| Social connection | Social.Con1 | 0.895 | 0.75 | 0.90 | 0.84 | Social.Con2 | 0.850 | | | | Social.Con3 | 0.857 | | | |
| Interaction | Interact1 | 0.819 | 0.68 | 0.91 | 0.88 | Interact2 | 0.808 | | | | Interact3 | 0.873 | | | | Interact4 | 0.821 | | | | Interact5 | 0.792 | | | |
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