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Table 4

Standardized structural estimates

Path	Standardized estimates	Standardized errors	Critical ratios	Results
H1a:Language similarity → Perceived friendship	0.340	0.071	4.804^**	Accepted
H1b:Interest similarity → Perceived friendship	0.292	0.097	3.302^**	Accepted
H1c:Interaction frequency → Perceived friendship	0.066	0.117	0.776	Rejected
H1d:Self-disclosure → Perceived friendship	0.173	0.084	2.265^*	Accepted
H2a:Language similarity → Psychological well-being	−0.057	0.064	−0.757	Rejected
H2b:Interest similarity → Psychological well-being	0.449	0.092	4.494^**	Accepted
H2c:Interaction frequency → Psychological well-being	−0.071	0.104	−0.801	Rejected
H2d:Self-disclosure → Psychological well-being	0.302	0.076	3.654^**	Accepted
H3a:Perceived friendship → Psychological well-being	0.311	0.055	4.806^**	Accepted
H3b:Perceived friendship → Social media engagement	0.606	0.069	8.643^**	Accepted
H3c:Perceived friendship → Purchase intention	−0.018	0.072	−0.186	Rejected
H4a:Psychological well-being → Social media engagement	0.280	0.077	4.225^**	Accepted
H4b:Psychological well-being → Purchase intention	0.514	0.090	5.632^**	Accepted
H5:Social media engagement → Purchase intention	0.342	0.083	3.521^**	Accepted

Path	Standardized estimates	Standardized errors	Critical ratios	Results
H1a:Language similarity → Perceived friendship	0.340	0.071	4.804^**	Accepted
H1b:Interest similarity → Perceived friendship	0.292	0.097	3.302^**	Accepted
H1c:Interaction frequency → Perceived friendship	0.066	0.117	0.776	Rejected
H1d:Self-disclosure → Perceived friendship	0.173	0.084	2.265^*	Accepted
H2a:Language similarity → Psychological well-being	−0.057	0.064	−0.757	Rejected
H2b:Interest similarity → Psychological well-being	0.449	0.092	4.494^**	Accepted
H2c:Interaction frequency → Psychological well-being	−0.071	0.104	−0.801	Rejected
H2d:Self-disclosure → Psychological well-being	0.302	0.076	3.654^**	Accepted
H3a:Perceived friendship → Psychological well-being	0.311	0.055	4.806^**	Accepted
H3b:Perceived friendship → Social media engagement	0.606	0.069	8.643^**	Accepted
H3c:Perceived friendship → Purchase intention	−0.018	0.072	−0.186	Rejected
H4a:Psychological well-being → Social media engagement	0.280	0.077	4.225^**	Accepted
H4b:Psychological well-being → Purchase intention	0.514	0.090	5.632^**	Accepted
H5:Social media engagement → Purchase intention	0.342	0.083	3.521^**	Accepted

Indirect path	Standardized estimates	p-value
Language similarity → Social media engagement	0.220	0.001
Interest similarity → Social media engagement	0.329	0.004
Self-disclosure → Social media engagement	0.205	0.002
Language similarity → Purchase intention	0.094	0.149
Interest similarity → Purchase intention	0.385	0.005
Self-disclosure → Purchase intention	0.250	0.003

Indirect path	Standardized estimates	p-value
Language similarity → Social media engagement	0.220	0.001
Interest similarity → Social media engagement	0.329	0.004
Self-disclosure → Social media engagement	0.205	0.002
Language similarity → Purchase intention	0.094	0.149
Interest similarity → Purchase intention	0.385	0.005
Self-disclosure → Purchase intention	0.250	0.003

Endogenous variables	SMC
Perceived friendship	0.641
Psychological well-being	0.765
Social media engagement	0.707
Purchase intention	0.619

Note(s): ^**p < 0.01, ^*p < 0.05

Source(s): Authors’ own work