Table 3.

Direct and indirect effects and 95% confidence intervals for the mediation analyses after inclusion of the covariates.

	Anxiety			Depression			Somatic Symptoms			Somatic Symptom Disorder
	Estimated Effect	95% CI		Estimated Effect	95% CI		Estimated Effect	95% CI		Estimated Effect	95% CI
		Lower Bounds	Upper Bounds		Lower Bounds	Upper Bounds		Lower Bounds	Upper Bounds		Lower Bounds	Upper Bounds
Direct effect
Loneliness → social support deficit	0.80 **	0.65	0.95	0.80 **	0.65	0.95	0.80 **	0.65	0.95	0.80 **	0.65	0.95
Loneliness → outcome	1.10 **	0.68	1.53	1.52 **	1.08	1.95	1.20 **	0.74	1.65	4.10 **	1.94	6.25
Social support deficit → outcome	0.50 **	0.18	0.83	0.71 **	0.38	1.05	0.45 *	0.10	0.81	0.58	−1.11	2.27
Indirect effect
Loneliness → social support deficit → outcome	0.40 **	0.08	0.74	0.57 **	0.21	0.99	0.36 **	0.01	0.72	0.46	−1.31	2.36
N			187			187			187			187
R2			0.53			0.63			0.55			0.50

Note: ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05.