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

Table 4.

Decomposition of effects of variables in structural equation modeling (N=2661).

Path Effect BootSEa BootLLCIb BootULCIc
Total effect 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.02
Direct effects –0.02 0.01 –0.04 0.00
Indirect effects

Total indirect effects 0.09 0.01 0.07 0.12

Indirect effect 1d 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.06

Indirect effect 2e –0.02 0.01 –0.04 –0.01

Indirect effect 3f 0.07 0.01 0.06 0.08

Indirect 1 versus Indirect 2 0.07 0.01 0.04 0.09

Indirect 1 versus Indirect 3 –0.03 0.01 –0.05 –0.01

Indirect 2 versus Indirect 3 –0.09 0.01 –0.12 –0.07

aBootSE: bootstrap standard error.

bBootLLCI: bootstrap lower limit of confidence interval.

cBootULCI: bootstrap upper limit of confidence interval.

dIndirect effect path 1: attitude toward social interaction of WeChat use to upward social comparison on social interaction of WeChat to antenatal depression.

eIndirect effect path 2: attitude toward social interaction of WeChat use to rumination to antenatal depression.

fIndirect effect path 3: attitude toward social interaction of WeChat use to upward social comparison on social interaction of WeChat to rumination to antenatal depression.