TABLE 4.

Mediating effects of the sense of loneliness.

Independent variable	Mediator	ACME	ADE	Total effect	Prop. mediated
Intergenerational relationship quality	Sense of loneliness	0.202***	0.216***	0.418***	48.00***
Consensual-normative solidarity	Sense of loneliness	0.255***	0.504**	0.758***	33.60***
Structural-associational solidarity	Sense of loneliness	0.220***	0.119	0.340**	Full mediation**
Affectual closeness	Sense of loneliness	0.504***	0.818***	1.322***	38.10***
Intergenerational conflict (reversed)	Sense of loneliness	0.403***	−0.080	0.324*	Full mediation*

N = 735, Prop. Mediated, proportions of indirect effect on attitude toward later life via mediators (%). ACME, average mediation effect. ADE, average direct effect. All models adjusted for age, gender, education, employment status, economic status, marital status, number of children, self-rated health, and IADL. Quasi-Bayesian confidence intervals were not reported here, *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.