. 2022 Mar 27;9(15):2105336. doi: 10.1002/advs.202105336

Table 1.

Baseline differences between the high‐lonely and low‐lonely groups (Notes: Values are the mean and SD in brackets)

	Women			Men
	High‐lonely	Low‐lonely	t	High‐lonely	Low‐lonely	t
	(n = 20)	(n = 18)		(n = 27)	(n = 17)
Loneliness ^a)	54.60 (5.62)	23.56 (1.20)	24.09**	55.19 (3.53)	24.06 (1.03)	43.00**
Depressive symptoms ^b)	4.25 (3.51)	2.11 (3.64)	1.84	3.85 (3.91)	1.53 (2.15)	2.54*
Social anxiety ^c)	22.20 (17.20)	13.39 (9.85)	1.96	22.52 (18.99)	11.82 (15.40)	1.95
Childhood maltreatment ^d)	35.00 (9.43)	32.11 (15.32)	0.71	38.44 (10.06)	29.47 (5.30)	3.86**
Alexithymia ^e)	41.15 (9.53)	32.39 (6.46)	3.29**	46.22 (10.43)	34.29 (6.54)	4.21**
Social support ^f)	60.40 (9.50)	68.11 (3.10)	3.43**	52.11 (12.88)	65.59 (12.88)	3.38*
Perceived stress ^g)	13.25 (7.09)	8.78 (5.11)	2.21*	12.96 (6.48)	7.35 (4.64)	3.1**
Trait anxiety ^h)	36.95 (7.71)	27.67 (5.13)	4.31**	40.15 (9.82)	26.35 (4.76)	6.23**
Social network ⁱ⁾
Numbers	18.35 (9.18)	21.22 (7.58)	1.05	14.04 (5.40)	19.35 (7.31)	2.77*
Roles	5.30 (1.56)	5.78 (1.44)	0.98	4.56 (1.05)	5.65 (1.62)	2.72*
Networks	1.80 (1.40)	2.22 (1.06)	1.04	1.33 (1.00)	2.06 (1.20)	2.17*

^{^a)}

Participants were prestratified and assigned to the high‐ or low‐lonely group using the UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA‐L). High‐lonely participants had a score equal or above 50, while low‐lonely participants had a score equal or below 25;

^{^b)}

Depressive symptoms were measured with the Beck Depression Inventory, Version II (BDI);

^{^c)}

Social anxiety was assessed with the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS);

^{^d)}

Childhood traumata were measured using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ);

^{^e)}

Alexithymic symptoms were assessed by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS);

^{^f)}

Social Support was measured with the Social Support Questionnaire ((Fragebogen zur sozialen Unterstützung); F‐SozU);

^{^g)}

Perceived stress was quantified by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS‐10);

^{^h)}

Trait anxiety was assessed by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI);

^ⁱ⁾

Social network was characterized using the Social Network Index assessing the number of diverse social roles, networks, and the total number of people to whom the participants talk to regularly. Group differences were calculated by two‐sample t‐tests. **, p < 0.01; *, p < 0.05.