Table 8.

Linear regression of baseline social and emotional loneliness and demographic characteristics on loneliness directly after the program (N = 80).

	Social loneliness (range 0–5)		Emotional loneliness (range 0–6)
	B	SE B	B	SE B
Constant	1.84	1.88	2.44	1.70
Baseline social loneliness	0.84	0.13***	–	–
Baseline emotional loneliness	–	–	0.73	0.09***
Age (50–86)	−0.00	0.03	−0.02	0.02
Partner (yes/no)	0.35	0.37	0.18	0.34
Female (vs. male)	−0.75	0.47	−0.60	0.40
Children (yes/no)	0.22	0.46	−0.27	0.40
Health (good/poor)	−0.39	0.39	−0.14	0.33

Note. SE: Standard error. Social loneliness: F _{(6, 73)} = 19.37, p < .001; R ² = .41; emotional loneliness: F _{(6, 73)} = 14.98, p < .001, R ² = .55.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.