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Table 3 Standardized indirect, direct, and total effects of socioeconomic status on loneliness in the serial mediation model

From: Pathways to loneliness: a mediation analysis investigating the social gradient of loneliness in persons with disabilities in Switzerland

Indirect effects

Std estimate

95% bootstrap CI

(Bold CI indicate those not crossing 0)

Mediators on all levels

SES- > functional independence - > participation restrictions - > self-efficacy - > loneliness

− 0.023

− 0.074, − 0.009

SES- > functional independence - > participation restrictions - > emotional support - > loneliness

− 0.006

− 0.021, − 0.002

SES- > secondary conditions - > participation restrictions - > self-efficacy- > loneliness

− 0.029

− 0.050, − 0.015

SES- > secondary conditions - > participation restrictions - > emotional support - > loneliness

− 0.007

− 0.014, − 0.003

Mediators on two levels

SES- > functional independence - > participation restrictions - > loneliness

− 0.029

− 0.101, − 0.007

SES- > participation restrictions - > emotional support - > loneliness

− 0.019

− 0.038, − 0.009

SES- > secondary conditions - > participation restrictions - > loneliness

− 0.037

− 0.069, − 0.012

SES- > participation restrictions - > self-efficacy - > loneliness

− 0.077

− 0.134, − 0.043

One mediator

SES- > functional independence - > loneliness

0.016

− 0.066, 0.104

SES- > secondary conditions - > loneliness

− 0.160

− 0.330, − 0.072

SES- > participation restrictions - > loneliness

− 0.096

− 0.188, − 0.030

SES- > self-efficacy - > loneliness

− 0.108

− 0.250, − 0.021

SES - > emotional support - > loneliness

− 0.020

− 0.074, 0.025

Total indirect effect

− 0.591

− 1.077, − 0.369

Total direct effect

− 0.348

−0.781, − 0.016

Total effect

− 0.939

− 1.697, − 0.521

Proportion mediated effect

62.9%

 

Model fit

X2

453.8 (p value < 0.001)

 

CFI

0.91

 

RMSEA

0.083

0.00, 0.085

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval, CFI Comparative Fit Index, RMSEA Root Mean Square Error of Approximation