BMC Psychology

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
Model pathways	Estimated	Lower	Upper
PNS → Anxiety → EWU	− 0.087^a	− 0.120	− 0.052
PNS → Depression → EWU	− 0.099^a	− 0.140	− 0.055
PNS → WUI → EWU	0.080^a	0.040	0.122
PNS → Anxiety → WUI → EWU	− 0.042^a	− 0.063	− 0.023
PNS → Depression → WUI → EWU	0.004^a	− 0.023	0.030

PNS psychological needs satisfaction; WUI WeChat use intensity; EWU excessive WeChat use
^aEmpirical 95% confidence interval does not overlap with zero

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