A two-step structural equation modeling strategy using IBM SPSS Amos 19 (Arbuckle, 2010) was used; a full-information maximum likelihood procedure was employed in estimating the parameters. This strategy involves the separate estimation of the measurement model prior to the simultaneous estimation of the measurement and three structural submodels. Although the measurement model provides an assessment of convergent validity and discriminant validity of the latent factors, the measurement model in conjunction with the structural model enables a comprehensive assessment of the full latent model