Table 2.

UCLA 3-Item Loneliness Scale by type of abuse (categorical independent variables), t-test

	N	MLS	SD	95% CI	p
Physical Abuse					0.003
Yes	40	5.4	1.9	[4.8, 6]
No	10	4.0	0.9	[3.3, 4.7]
Sexual Abuse					0.94
Yes	29	5.1	1.8	[4.4, 5.8]
No	21	5.1	2	[4.2, 6]
Emotional Abuse or Neglect					0.01
Yes	31	5.6	2	[4.8, 6.3]
No	19	4.4	1.2	[3.8, 4.9]
Witnessed Violence					0.06
Yes	26	4.7	1.7	[4, 5.3]
No	24	5.6	1.9	[4.8, 6.4]
Lived with non-bio parent					0.29
Yes	26	5.4	2.1	[4.5, 6.2]
No	24	4.8	1.4	[4.2, 5.4]

MLS Mean Loneliness Score

p-value based on student’s t-test