Table 2.
Results of multiple regression with loneliness (ULS-8) as the dependent variable.
Variables | B | SE | ß | t | Part r | R2 | ΔR2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Step 1. Stable risk factors | 0.13 | 0.13* | |||||
Male | −0.66 | 0.11 | −0.06 | −5.79* | −0.05 | ||
Transgender or intersex | −0.67 | 0.90 | −0.01 | −0.75 | −0.01 | ||
Age | −0.03 | 0.01 | −0.08 | −5.68* | −0.05 | ||
Educational level | −0.15 | 0.10 | −0.02 | −1.50 | −0.01 | ||
Married or in a civil union | −1.60 | 0.11 | −0.16 | −15.25* | −0.14 | ||
Employed | −1.36 | 0.13 | −0.11 | −10.61* | −0.10 | ||
Refugee | 0.29 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 1.48 | 0.01 | ||
Having children | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 2.55 | 0.02 | ||
Psychological diagnosis | 3.37 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 26.46* | 0.25 | ||
Step 2. State risk factors | 0.30 | 0.17* | |||||
Worry about job and economy | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 10.95* | 0.09 | ||
Health anxiety | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 5.07* | 0.04 | ||
General rumination and worry | 0.91 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 37.15* | 0.31 | ||
Step 3. Coping behaviors | 07 | 0.32 | 0.02* | ||||
Doing new things at home | −0.66 | 0.05 | −0.12 | −14.07* | −0.12 | ||
Experience nature | −0.23 | 0.04 | −0.05 | −5.23* | −0.04 |
ULS-8, UCLA Loneliness Scale-8.
p < 0.001.