Table 3.

Results of the mediation model.

Variance	Model 1 Outcome variable: hope			Model 2 Outcome variable: loneliness
	β	SE	t	β	SE	t
Sex	−0.012	0.029	−0.433	0.092	0.027	3.386***
Guardian	0.039	0.073	0.536	0.084	0.036	2.309*
Family function	−0.042	0.014	−2.998**	0.159	0.013	11.832***
Hope				−0.241	0.013	−18.127***
R2	0.002			0.092
F	3.564*			130.667***

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.