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. 2023 Mar 15;25:e41793. doi: 10.2196/41793

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

r 1 0.22 0.15 0.65 0.08 0.00 –0.06

P value c <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 .70 .002
Hours spent on social interaction of WeChat

r 0.22 1 0.32 0.73 0.12 –0.01 0.04

P value <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 .66 .05
Attitude toward social interaction of WeChat use

r 0.15 0.32 1 0.70 0.37 0.09 0.05

P value <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 .01
SIWUI

r 0.65 0.73 0.70 1 0.28 0.04 0.01

P value <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 .04 .54
USCW

r 0.08 0.12 0.37 0.28 1 0.39 0.31

P value <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
Rumination

r 0.00 –0.01 0.09 0.04 0.39 1 0.60

P value .70 .66 <.001 .04 <.001 <.001
Antenatal depression

r –0.06 0.04 0.05 0.01 0.31 0.60 1

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.