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Table 3 Standardized indirect effects and 95% confidence intervals

From: What links to psychological needs satisfaction and excessive WeChat use? The mediating role of anxiety, depression and WeChat use intensity

Model pathways Estimated 95%CI
Lower Upper
PNS → Anxiety → EWU − 0.087a − 0.120 − 0.052
PNS → Depression → EWU − 0.099a − 0.140 − 0.055
PNS → WUI → EWU 0.080a 0.040 0.122
PNS → Anxiety → WUI → EWU − 0.042a − 0.063 − 0.023
PNS → Depression → WUI → EWU 0.004a − 0.023 0.030
  1. PNS psychological needs satisfaction; WUI WeChat use intensity; EWU excessive WeChat use
  2. aEmpirical 95% confidence interval does not overlap with zero
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BMC Psychology

ISSN: 2050-7283

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