Mobile Users’ Self-Disclosure Behaviour on WeChat: Application of Social Cognitive Theory

Table 4

Reliability and validity.

Items	Alpha	CR	AVE	PS	PE	PC	SI	PX
PS	0.871	0.911	0.721	0.849
PE	0.820	0.891	0.732	0.119	0.855
PC	0.791	0.878	0.705	0.276	0.351	0.840
SI	0.708	0.749	0.599	0.482	0.089	0.166	0.774
PX	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.045	−0.076	−0.167	0.096	1.000

Note: PS, perceived severity; PE, privacy experience; PC, privacy concerns; SI, social influence; PX, information disclosure behaviour. The diagonal (bold) elements are the square roots of AVEs, and off-diagonal elements are correlations between constructs.