Table 4.

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

					Model
Predictor	B	SE	T	P	R 2
Model 1: X on Y					0.34
Intercept	0.70	0.27	2.59	0.012
Interaction intensity	0.70	0.13	5.42	<0.001
Model 2: X on M					0.14
Intercept	1.50	0.36	4.21	<0.001
Interaction intensity	0.52	0.17	3.05	0.004
Model 3: X + M on Y					0.53
Intercept	0.09	0.26	0.33	0.741
Perceived anthropomorphism	0.41	0.09	4.75	<0.001
Interaction intensity	0.49	0.12	4.11	<0.001