Can blockchain technology strengthen consumer preferences for credence attributes?

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 3 Convergent and discriminant validity assessment

	Latent constructs	α^a	AVE	Squared correlations among latent variables
	Latent constructs	α^a	AVE	1	2	3	4
1	Beliefs about regional foods	0.87	0.63	1
2	Preference for local foods	0.79	0.58	0.36	1
3	Involvement in sustainable eating	0.94	0.79	0.30	0.41	1
4	Trust in the food system	0.74	0.53	0.30	0.17	0.22	1
5	Behaviour	0.85	0.51	0.04	0.06	0.12	0.11