Table 4.

Summary of hierarchical regression analyses for personality and mattering variables predicting automatic thoughts variables and loneliness (N = 462)

	ATQ-negative					ATQ-positive					UCLA					LATQ
	B	SE(B)	β	p <	95% CI	B	SE(B)	β	p <	95% CI	B	SE(B)	β	p <	95% CI	B	SE(B)	β	p <	95% CI
Step 1
Dependency	.21	.03	.32	.0001	[.16, .27]	− .10	.03	− .16	.002	[− .16, − .04]	.10	.02	.22	.0001	[.06, .15]	.30	.03	.45	.0001	[.24, .37]
Self-criticism	.19	.03	.27	.0001	[.13, .24]	− .11	.03	− .17	.0001	[− .17, − .05]	.08	.02	.16	.001	[.03, .12]	.11	.03	.16	.0001	[.05, .17]
Self-esteem	− .14	.02	− .26	.0001	[− .18, − .10]	.16	.02	.32	.0001	[.11, .20]	− .12	.02	− .32	.0001	[− .15, − .09]	− .04	.02	− .08	.06	[− .09, .00]
R2	.46					.26					.31					.35
F for ΔR2	130.14***					54.75***					67.30***					82.51***
Step 2
Mattering	− .21	.05	− .16	.0001	[− .32, − .11]	.50	.05	.41	.0001	[.39, .61]	− .36	.04	− .39	.0001	[− .43. -.29]	− .20	.06	− .16	.001	[.32, − .09]
Anti-mattering	.21	.06	.17	.0001	[.10, .32]	− .16	.06	− .14	.004	[− .27, − .05]	.22	.04	.26	.0001	[.15, .29]	.16	.06	.13	.01	[.04, .28]
Fear of not mattering	− .06	.05	− .06	.22	[− .15, .04]	.03	.05	.03	.59	[− .07, .12]	.07	.03	.10	.04	[.00, .13]	− .00	.05	− .00	.97	[− .11, .10]
R2	.51					.45					.58					.40
F for ΔR2	16.74***					49.81***					96.19***					11.30***
Observed statistical power	1.0					1.0					1.0					1.0

ATQ Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire, UCLA UCLA Loneliness Scale, LATQ Loneliness Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire

***p < .0001