The Relationship between Social Support, Empathy, Self-Efficacy, and Humanistic Practice Ability among Clinical Nurses in China: A Structural Equation Model

Table 3

Descriptive statistics and correlations among study variables.

Variables	Mean (SD)	Standardized factor loading	Cronbach’s α	CR	AVE	1	2	3
(1) Perceived social support	67.56 (11.51)	0.726–0.921	0.956	0.966	0.704
(2) Self-efficacy	26.78 (6.25)	0.555–0.882	0.934	0.933	0.585	0.478
(3) Empathy	113.01 (16.84)	0.509–0.886	0.896	0.961	0.555	0.382	0.106
(4) Humanistic practice ability	107.50 (19.32)	0.528–0.941	0.984	0.988	0.762	0.455	0.369	0.375

AVE, average variance extracted; CR, composite reliability; SD, standard deviation.  < 0.01.