Mobile Users’ Self-Disclosure Behaviour on WeChat: Application of Social Cognitive Theory
Table 6
Multigroup test results.
Variable
Path
PC1
PC2
SE1
SE2
T
Effect
(Group 1: male)
PS -> PC
0.325
0.185
0.140
0.054
0.055
18.372
Male > female
PE -> PC
0.383
0.289
0.094
0.053
0.059
11.970
Male > female
(Group 2: female)
PC -> PX
−0.202
−0.168
−0.034
0.059
0.056
−4.269
Male > female
SI -> PX
0.205
0.110
0.095
0.051
0.049
13.613
Male > female
(Group 1: younger)
PS -> PC
0.318
0.212
0.106
0.099
0.081
8.569
Younger > older
PE -> PC
0.138
0.419
−0.281
0.092
0.079
−23.862
Older > younger
(Group 2: older)
PC -> PX
−0.303
−0.153
−0.150
0.100
0.083
−11.929
Younger > older
SI -> PX
0.132
0.103
0.029
0.079
0.078
2.629
Younger > older
Note: . Spooled = pooled estimator for the variance. t = t-statistic with N1 + N2 – 2 degrees of freedom. Ni = sample size of dataset for group i. SEi = standard error of path in structural model of group i. PCi = path coefficient in structural model of group i. O: support; X: no support. Significance levels: and .
