Table 3.

Mediated regression analysis testing the effect of interaction duration on social connectedness to the chatbot mediated by perceived social presence.

					Model
Predictor	B	SE	T	P	R 2
Model 1: X on Y					0.16
Intercept	1.73	0.15	11.74	<0.001
Interaction duration	0.04	0.01	3.21	0.002
Model 2: X on M					0.16
Intercept	4.07	0.39	10.32	<0.001
Interaction duration	0.10	0.03	3.23	0.002
Model 3: X + M on Y					0.52
Intercept	0.72	0.19	3.81	<0.001
Perceived social presence	0.25	0.04	6.53	<0.001
Interaction duration	0.01	0.01	1.30	0.199