Table 3.

Multiple linear regression analysis showing adjusted associations with social, emotional, and overall loneliness.

Independent Variables	Social Loneliness (n = 2770)	Emotional Loneliness (n = 2766)	Overall Loneliness (n = 2755)
Sociodemographic variables	β	β	β
Higher age	0.08 **	−0.15 ***	−0.02
Female gender	−0.05 **	0.05 **	−0.01
Higher education level	−0.06 **	−0.04	−0.06 **
Living with spouse/partner	−0.12 ***	−0.11 ***	−0.14 ***
Having employment	−0.02	−0.04	−0.04
R2 change	3.7%	12.1%	7.4%
Concerns
Concerns about health	0.02	0.07 **	0.05
Concerns about finances	0.21 ***	0.13 ***	0.20 ***
Concerns about next of kin	−0.06	−0.02	−0.05
Concerns about the future	0.15 ***	0.31 ***	0.27 ***
R2 change	8.7%	16.1%	16.6%
Risk assessment
Self−perceived high risk of complications	−0.02	0.04	0.01
Higher infection rate in the living area	−0.02	−0.04	−0.03
R2 change	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
Measures taken against risk
Have been in quarantine	0.01	0.01	0.01
Have been in self−isolation	0.03	−0.00	0.01
R2 change	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Social media use
More time spent on social media	0.02	0.07 ***	0.05 **
R2 change	0.0%	0.4%	0.3%
Total explained outcome variance	12.6%	28.8%	24.4%

Table content is standardized β weights. ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.