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. 2023 Dec 21;53(5):1078–1090. doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01925-0

Table 4.

Descriptive statistics for positive mental wellbeing and depressive symptomatology at start and end of the study, by trajectory class

Loneliness
Trajectory Group
Depression Positive Mental Wellbeing
T1 T4 T1 T4
Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Mean S.D.
Friendship Subscale
 Average Increasing 5.27 4.43 3.81 3.99 2.21 0.71 2.82 0.48
 High Decreasing 3.74 3.53 6.50 5.16 2.63 0.55 2.15 0.72
 Low Increasing 8.80 5.04 9.03 4.54 1.82 0.80 1.95 0.61
 Average Stable 5.61 3.60 5.60 4.30 2.28 0.46 2.35 0.53
 High Stable 2.69 2.78 2.83 3.12 2.74 0.46 2.83 0.48
Isolation Subscale
 High Decreasing 7.43 6.53 5.22 5.25 2.59 0.78 2.46 0.76
 Low Increasing 4.40 4.40 8.86 6.75 2.54 0.62 2.47 0.91
 Elevated Stable 6.25 3.77 6.30 4.43 2.22 0.53 2.30 0.61
 Low Stable 3.11 2.97 3.40 3.43 2.64 0.52 2.67 0.56