Table 3:
Multiple Regression Model of Loneliness
| Table 3a: Loneliness Model in Total Sample (N=340) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | B | SE | FDR- adjusted p | Cohen’s d |
| Age | −0.001 | 0.0007 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
| Sex | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.12 |
| Living alone | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.0001 | 0.24 |
| Perceived Stress | 0.008 | 0.003 | 0.02 | 0.14 |
| Optimism | −0.01 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.17 |
| Mental well-being | −0.007 | 0.002 | 0.0004 | 0.21 |
| Wisdom | −0.17 | 0.03 | <0.0001 | 0.29 |
| Cognitive complaints | 0.002 | 0.0009 | 0.03 | 0.12 |
| Table 3b: Loneliness Model in Each Sex | ||||
| Women (N=170) | ||||
| Variable | B | SE | FDR- adjusted p | Cohen’s d |
| Age | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.57 | 0.05 |
| Living alone | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.003 | 0.26 |
| Perceived Stress | 0.008 | 0.004 | 0.11 | 0.16 |
| Optimism | −0.009 | 0.004 | 0.12 | 0.15 |
| Mental well-being | −0.009 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.28 |
| Wisdom | −0.19 | 0.04 | 0.0004 | 0.32 |
| Cognitive complaints | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.24 | 0.11 |
| Men (N=170) | ||||
| Variable | B | SE | FDR- adjusted p | Cohen’s d |
| Age | −0.06 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.14 |
| Living alone | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.24 |
| Perceived Stress | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| Optimism | −0.02 | 0.006 | 0.04 | 0.20 |
| Mental well-being | −0.004 | 0.003 | 0.15 | 0.12 |
| Wisdom | −0.15 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.24 |
| Cognitive complaints | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.15 | 0.12 |
Perceived stress measured with the Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen 1983)
Optimism measured with the Life Orientation Test – Revised (Scheier 1994)
Mental well-being measured with the Medical Outcomes Survey - Short Form 36 (Ware and Sherbourne 1992)
Wisdom measured with the San Diego Wisdom Scale (Thomas 2017)
Cognitive complaints measured with the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (Broadbent 1982, Rast 2008)