Table 4.
Sex Differences in the Association Between Loneliness and COVID-19 Burden
| Variables | B | SE | t | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant | 5.15 | 0.88 | 5.89 | .001 |
| Sex | −0.46 | 0.54 | −0.85 | .396 |
| COVID-19 burden | −0.23 | 0.15 | −1.49 | .137 |
| Sex × COVID-19 burden | 0.20 | 0.10 | 2.06 | .041 |
There was a significant interaction between COVID-19 burden and sex (p = .041), such that the association between COVID-19 burden predicting loneliness differed between male (1) and female (2) participants.