Table 2.
Means (M), standard deviations (SD), and Pearson correlations of variables used for hypotheses testing of the overall study sample.
| Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Age | 27.21 | 8.27 | – | ||||||||
| 2. Individual need to belong | 3.23 | 0.60 | −0.29* | – | |||||||
| 3. Individual tendency to anthropomorphize | 2.22 | 0.87 | −0.11 | 0.14 | – | ||||||
| 4. Desire to socialize | 2.73 | 0.93 | −0.03 | 0.23 | 0.13 | – | |||||
| 5. Social connectedness to the chatbot | 2.12 | 0.70 | −0.03 | 0.07 | 0.35** | 0.25 | – | ||||
| 6. Perceived anthropomorphism | 2.55 | 0.80 | −0.11 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.63** | – | |||
| 7. Perceived social presence | 5.11 | 1.87 | −0.10 | 0.02 | 0.35** | 0.13 | 0.71** | 0.67** | – | ||
| 8. Interaction duration | 10.58 | 7.53 | −0.01 | 0.12 | 0.45** | −0.03 | 0.39** | 0.18 | 0.40** | – | |
| 9. Interaction intensity | 2.02 | 0.59 | 0.03 | −0.17 | 0.36** | 0.17 | 0.59** | 0.38** | 0.45** | 0.36** | – |
*
p < 0.05.
**
p < 0.01.