Table 5.

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

					Model
Predictor	B	SE	T	P	R 2
Model 1: X on Y					0.34
Intercept	0.70	0.27	2.59	0.012
Interaction intensity	0.70	0.13	5.42	<0.001
Model 2: X on M					0.20
Intercept	2.22	0.80	2.77	0.008
Interaction intensity	1.43	0.38	3.75	<0.001
Model 3: X + M on Y					0.60
Intercept	0.24	0.23	1.03	0.307
Perceived social presence	0.21	0.04	5.90	<0.001
Interaction intensity	0.40	0.11	3.49	0.001