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Table 2 The CFA results of the pooled second-order measurement model: organic and naturally dyed products

From: The impact of moral philosophy and moral intensity on purchase behavior toward sustainable textile and apparel products

Variable

Item

Organic products

Naturally dyed products

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CR

AVE

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CR

AVE

Idealism

If an action could harm an innocent other, it should not be done

.808***

.862

.516

.812***

.862

.516

One should never psychologically and physically harm another person

.777***

.777***

It is never necessary to sacrifice the welfare of others

.774***

.770***

One should not perform an action which might in any way threaten the dignity and welfare of another individual

.773***

.773***

Risks to another should never be tolerated, irrespective of how small the risks might be

.590***

.590***

The existence of potential harm to others is always wrong, irrespective of the benefits to be gained

.539***

.541***

Relativism

Moral standards are simply personal rules which indicate how a person should behave and are not to be applied in making judgments of others

.820***

.787

.484

.816***

.788

.484

Moral standards should be seen as being individualistic; what one person considers to be moral may be judged to be immoral by another person

.698***

.701***

Rigidly codifying an ethical position that prevents certain types of actions could stand in the way of better human relations and adjustment

.640***

.640***

Different types of moralities cannot be compared as to “rightness”

.607***

.610***

Moral intensity

Magnitude

.975***

.929

.731

.987***

.925

.718

Probability

.994***

.974***

Temporal immediacy

.813***

.854***

Proximity

.857***

.779***

Social consensus

.566***

.575***

Magnitude

If I buy ___________,

      

it will greatly decrease environmental pollution

.821***

.772

.533

.790***

.851

.657

it will greatly contribute to environmental protection

.741***

  

.795***

  

its positive impact on environmental protection will be great

.614***

  

.845***

  

Probability

If I buy ___________,

      

it is very likely to positively influence environmental protection

.810***

.781

.641

.872***

.862

.758

it is very likely to decrease actual environmental pollution

.791***

  

.869***

  

Temporal immediacy

If I buy ___________,

      

the positive impact on environmental pollution will occur in the near future

.819***

.677

.518

.755***

.675

.510

it will promptly decrease environmental pollution

.603***

  

.671***

  

Proximity

If I buy ___________,

      

my family and my close acquaintances will have the benefits of the behavior

.794***

.737

.492

.862***

.802

.583

the community I belong to will also have the benefits of the behavior

.778***

  

.845***

  

the benefits of the behavior are not related to my family and my close acquaintances

− .492***

  

− .541***

  

Social consensus

If I buy ___________,

      

the majority will consider it a desirable decision

.895***

.850

.656

.911***

.892

.734

the majority will consider it a correct decision

.814***

  

.831***

  

the majority will consider it an ethical decision

.709***

  

.826***

  

Purchase behavior

How likely are you to buy the following product?

.847***

.713

.559

.963***

.766

.634

How often did you buy the following product?

.633***

.584***

  1. ***p < .001
  2. Fit indices for the organic products: χ2 = 413.594 (df = 264, p = .000), χ2/df = 1.567, RMSEA = .042 (LO 90: .034, HI 90: .050, Pclose = .956), TLI = .950, CFI = .956, NFI = .887, PNFI = .781, PCFI = .841, GFI = .907, AGFI = .886, RMR = .084
  3. Fit indices for the naturally dyed products: χ2 = 419.875 (df = 264, p = .000), χ2/df = 1.590, RMSEA = .043(LO 90: .035, HI 90: .051, Pclose = .936), TLI = .956, CFI = .961, NFI = .903, PNFI = .795, PCFI = .846, GFI = .905, AGFI = .883, RMR = .083
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