Table 6.

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

	Distress					Negative mood					Positive mood
	B	SE(B)	β	p <	95% CI	B	SE(B)	β	p <	95% CI	B	SE(B)	β	p <	95% CI
Step 1
Dependency	.48	.06	.35	.0001	[.35, .60]	.38	.06	.30	.0001	[.25, .50]	− .18	.06	− .16	.002	[− .29, − .07]
Self-criticism	.32	.06	.24	.0001	[.20, .44]	.32	.06	.25	.0001	[.20, .44]	− .28	.06	− .26	.0001	[− .39, − .18]
Self-esteem	− .14	.04	− .13	.002	[− .22, − .05]	− .08	.04	− .08	.08	[− .17, .01]	.15	.04	.18	.0001	[.08, .23]
R2	.35					.27					.22
F for ΔR2	83.12***					57.68***					43.69***
Step 2
Mattering	− .36	.12	− .14	.003	[− .60, − .12]	− .16	.12	− .06	.20	[− .40, .08]	.50	.11	.23	.0001	[.28, .71]
	.29	.12	.12	.02	[.05, .54]	.32	.12	.14	.01	[.08, .57]	− .07	.11	− .03	.55	[− .29, .15]
Fear of not mattering	− .24	.11	− .12	.03	[− .45, .03]	− .07	.11	− .04	.52	[− .28, .14]	.06	.10	.04	.54	[− .13, .25]
R2	.38					.30					.27
F for ΔR2	7.72***					4.57**					9.5***
Step 3
ATQ-negative	.56	.10	.28	.0001	[.35, .76]	.32	.11	.17	.002	[.11, .53]	− .04	.10	− .03	.65	[− .23, .15]
ATQ-positive	− .47	.10	− .22	.0001	[− .67, − .27]	− .56	.10	− .28	.0001	[− .76, − .36]	.64	.09	.37	.0001	[.46, .83]
UCLA	− .25	.15	− .09	.10	[− .54, .05]	− .00	.15	− .00	.95	[− .31, .29]	.11	.14	.05	.43	[− .16, .38]
LATQ	.23	.09	.11	.02	[.046, .41]	.34	.09	.18	.0001	[.16, .52]	− .26	.08	− .16	.002	[− .43, − .09]
R2	.49					.40					.37
F for ΔR2	22.54***					19.97***					17.16***
Step 4
Adaptability	− .31	.06	− .21	.0001	[− .43, − .19]	− .28	.06	− .20	.0001	[− .40, − .15]	.35	.06	.30	.000	[.24, .46]
R2	.51					.43					.42
F for ΔR2	24.92***					19.32***					40.32***
Observed statistical power	1.0					1.0					1.0

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

**p < .01, ***p < .0001