Validation of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale for Korean Adults

Table 4

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Korean version of climate change anxiety scale (N = 459).

Factors	Items	Standardized estimate (β)	SE	Critical ratio (p)	AVE	CR	r ^2
1	2	0.76	0.18	—	0.75	0.95	0.59
	3	0.73	0.13	18.02 (<0.001)			0.50
	9	0.77	0.18	16.37 (<0.001)			0.53
	10	0.64	0.49	13.32 (<0.001)			0.46
	11	0.80	0.13	16.70 (<0.001)			0.59
	12	0.83	0.12	17.85 (<0.001)			0.62
	13	0.80	0.16	17.15 (<0.001)			0.62
2	1	0.67	0.33	—	0.58	0.89	0.46
	4	0.75	0.22	13.89 (<0.001)			0.58
	5	0.58	0.73	11.09 (<0.001)			0.38
	6	0.75	0.35	13.92 (<0.001)			0.56
	7	0.73	0.25	12.08 (<0.001)			0.52
	8	0.75	0.32	13.64 (<0.001)			0.56
Model 1: χ^2 = 459.31 (), χ^2/df = 7.18, GFI = 0.86, RMSEA = 0.12, TLI = 0.87, CFI = 0.89, NFI = 0.88, standardized RMR = 0.06
Model 2: χ^2 = 273.38 (), χ^2/df = 4.67, GFI = 0.92, RMSEA = 0.09, TLI = 0.92, CFI = 0.94, NFI = 0.93, standardized RMR = 0.05

Note. SE, standard error; AVE, average variance extracted; CR, composite reliability; GFI, Goodness of Fit Index; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation; TLI, Tucker–Lewis Index; CFI, Comparative Fit Index; NFI, Normal Fit Index; Standardized RMR, standardized root mean square residual.