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. 2025 Nov 5;19:120. doi: 10.1186/s13034-025-00980-8

Table 4.

Relationship between loneliness and gender

Area of Loneliness Sex U Mann Whitney
Masculine Feminine
Me IQR Me IQR
Peer Rejection 11.00 6 13.00 8 Z = 1.68, p = 0.094
Family Deficits 12.00 9 19.00 13 Z = 2.68, p= 0.007**
Personal Inadequacy 15.00 8 19.00 7 Z = 3.41, p= 0.001**
Significant Separation 14.00 8 16.00 7 Z = 2.38, p= 0.017*

Me = Median, IQR = Interquartile range

* Statistically significant

** High statistical significance

Results that met statistical significance were highlighted in bold within the tables