Table 2.
Correlation analysis (Pearson correlation coefficients and two-tailed P values) among the key variables (N=2661).
| Variable | Number of WeChat friends | Hours spent on social interaction of WeChat use | Attitude toward social interaction of WeChat use | SIWUIa | USCWb | Rumination | Antenatal depression | ||||||||
| Number of WeChat friends | |||||||||||||||
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r | 1 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.65 | 0.08 | 0.00 | –0.06 | |||||||
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P value | —c | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .70 | .002 | |||||||
| Hours spent on social interaction of WeChat | |||||||||||||||
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r | 0.22 | 1 | 0.32 | 0.73 | 0.12 | –0.01 | 0.04 | |||||||
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P value | <.001 | — | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .66 | .05 | |||||||
| Attitude toward social interaction of WeChat use | |||||||||||||||
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r | 0.15 | 0.32 | 1 | 0.70 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.05 | |||||||
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P value | <.001 | <.001 | — | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .01 | |||||||
| SIWUI | |||||||||||||||
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r | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 1 | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.01 | |||||||
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P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | — | <.001 | .04 | .54 | |||||||
| USCW | |||||||||||||||
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r | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.37 | 0.28 | 1 | 0.39 | 0.31 | |||||||
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P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | — | <.001 | <.001 | |||||||
| Rumination | |||||||||||||||
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r | 0.00 | –0.01 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.39 | 1 | 0.60 | |||||||
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P value | .70 | .66 | <.001 | .04 | <.001 | — | <.001 | |||||||
| Antenatal depression | |||||||||||||||
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r | –0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.60 | 1 | |||||||
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P value | .002 | .05 | .01 | .54 | <.001 | <.001 | — | |||||||
aSIWUI: social interaction on WeChat use intensity; each item was first standardized before taking an average to create scale due to different item scale ranges.
bUSCW: upward social comparison on social interaction of WeChat.
cNot applicable.