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Published in final edited form as: J Commun Disord. 2016 Jun 22;62:131–146. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2016.06.002

Table 6.

Results of multiple regressions for social relationship outcomes.

	Dependent variables
	Social network size			Freq. of PSE			Freq. of NSE			Freq. of social participation			Loneliness
Predictor	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Age	−.073	.023	−.143^**	−.014	.005	−.114^**	−.020	.004	−.232^***	−.001	.004	−.010	−.017	.021	−.031
Gender	.155	.307	.022	.142	.066	.086^*	.021	.046	.018	.295	.054	.194^***	−.170	.277	−.023
Single	−.804	.423	−.082	−.059	.093	−.025	.161	.065	.094^*	−.041	.077	−.019	1.352	.391	.128^**
Widowed	−.709	.328	−.103^*	.105	.073	.062	.012	.050	.010	−.022	.060	−.014	.378	.306	.051
Self-rated health	.227	.158	.073	.021	.035	.028	−.003	.024	−.005	.123	.028	.179^***	−.363	.145	−.110^*
No. of health conditions	.230	.094	.114^*	.030	.021	.060	.004	.014	.012	.063	.017	.138^***	−.016	.088	−.007
Functional limitations	.085	.274	.017	.110	.061	.088	.158	.042	.179^***	−.329	.050	−.287^***	.972	.255	.175^***
Visual impairment	−.009	.353	−.001	.052	.079	.027	.080	.054	.058	−.094	.065	−.052	−.666	.332	−.077^*
Communication difficulty	−1.191	.593	−.091^*	−.368	.129	−.117^**	.113	.091	.049	−.264	.105	−.092^*	2.121	.536	.154^***
R²	.062			.046			.085			.212			.114

SN = Social network.

PSE = Positive social exchanges.

NSE = Negative social exchanges.

^*

p < .05;

^**

p < .01;

^***

p < .001.