. 2017 Feb 10;27(3):266–277. doi: 10.1017/S2045796017000014

Table 5.

Combined social relational predictors of change in depression severity over 2-year follow-up

	Model for support of partner (N = 598)						Model for support of closest family or friend (n = 707)
	Unadjusted			Adjusted^a			Unadjusted			Adjusted^a
Predictor	B (s.e.)^b	F or t	p	B (s.e.)	F or t	p	B (s.e.)	F or t	p	B (s.e.)	F or t	p
Social network
Having a partner	Not applicable			Not applicable			−0.66 (0.58)	1.32	0.25	−0.71 (0.65)	1.20	0.27
Persons in household^c
1	Reference			Reference			Reference			Reference
2	−0.37 (0.79)	0.47	0.64	−0.33 (0.89)	0.37	0.71	−0.23 (0.62)	0.37	0.71	−0.13 (0.70)	0.18	0.86
3 or more	−2.23 (0.81)	2.76	<0.01	−2.19 (0.92)	2.38	0.02	−1.69 (0.63)	2.68	<0.01	−1.61 (0.71)	2.26	0.02
Significant contacts					0.28	0.76		0.97	0.38		0.78	0.46
0–1	Reference			Reference			Reference			Reference
2–5	−0.51 (0.82)	0.41	0.67	−0.48 (0.93)			1.11 (0.94)
6 or more	−0.11 (0.88)			−0.11 (0.99)			1.37 (0.98)			1.38 (1.11)
Social support^d
Emotional support	0.01 (0.10)	0.01	0.93	0.01 (0.11)	0.00	0.95	0.06 (0.09)	0.42	0.52	0.05 (0.10)	0.24	0.62
Practical support	−0.08 (0.12)	0.40	0.53	−0.07 (0.13)	0.26	0.61	−0.06 (0.09)	0.40	0.53	−0.07 (0.10)	0.44	0.51
Negative experiences	0.14 (0.15)	0.92	0.34	0.14 (0.17)	0.73	0.39	0.10 (0.15)	0.52	0.47	0.11 (0.16)	0.47	0.50
Inadequacy of support	−0.15 (0.13)	1.36	0.25	−0.16 (0.15)	1.12	0.29	−0.07 (0.13)	0.29	0.59	−0.09 (0.14)	0.37	0.54
Loneliness
Loneliness severity^e
For women
For men							−0.02 (0.08)	0.23	0.82	−0.01 (0.09)	0.15	0.88
For both	−0.04 (0.09)	0.65	0.42	0.04 (0.09)	0.17	0.69	0.30 (0.13)	2.29	0.02	0.32 (0.15)	2.21	0.03

Adjusted for age, gender, baseline depression severity, comorbid dysthymic disorder, comorbid anxiety disorder, years of education and number of chronic diseases.

Shown is interaction effect between predictor and time.

Three or more persons in household also different from two persons (in models for support partner t = 3.62, p < 0.01 in unadjusted and t = 3.65, p < 0.01 in adjusted model; in models for support closest family or friend t = 2.60, p < 0.01 in unadjusted and t = 2.63, p < 0.01 in adjusted model).

Social support measures for partner on left side of table, and for closest family or friend on the right.

In models for support of partner there is no longer a significant interaction with gender (F = 2.40, p = 0.12 in unadjusted model and F = 2.11, p = 0.15 in adjusted model). In models for support of closets family or friend the interaction remains significant (F = 4.87, p = 0.03 in unadjusted model and F = 4.37, p = 0.04 in adjusted model).