Table 7.

Direct, indirect, and total effects of independent variables

			Gender					Education					Marital status
						95% Confidence Interval					95% Confidence Interval					95% Confidence Interval
			Estimate	Std. Error	z-value	Lower	Upper	Estimate	Std. Error	z-value	Lower	Upper	Estimate	Std. Error	z-value	Lower	Upper
Direct Effects
Loneliness	→	Psychological Well-being	− 0.876	0.126	-6.91**	-1.125	− 0.628	− 0.869	0.121	-7.13**	-1.108	− 0.630	− 0.880	0.126	-6.94	-1.12	− 0.63
Social Isolation	→	Psychological Well-being	0.946	0.250	3.78**	0.456	1.436	0.972	0.239	4.05**	0.502	0.442	0.975	0.252	3.86**	0.480	1.470
Indirect Effects
Loneliness	→	Psychological Well-being	− 0.003	0.006	− 0.480	− 0.016	0.010	− 0.010	0.035	-0.30	− 0.079	0.058	0.051	0.002	0.51	− 0.005	0.007
Social Isolation	→	Psychological Well-being	0.012	0.019	0.620	− 0.025	0.049	0.013	0.069	-0.20	− 0.15	0.122	− 0.16	0.029	-0.62*	− 0.083	0.051
Total Effects
Loneliness	→	Psychological Well-being	− 0.880	0.126	-6.93**	-1.12	− 0.631	− 0.880	0.126	-6.93**	-1.128	− 0.631	− 0.829	0.124	-6.43	− 0.1.10	− 0.65
Social Isolation	→	Psychological Well-being	0.958	0.249	3.84**	0.469	1.44	0.958	0.249	3.84**	0.469	1.44	0.815	0.239	3.72**	0.458	1.401

Note: ** represent 1% level of significance

Source: Author’s Calculation