Table 3 Mediation effects of social support and life meaning on relationship between living arrangements and life satisfaction (n = 215)

 Living arrangement → Life satisfaction

2.460

0.528

4.659^***

1.419

3.501

1.419

3.501

 Living arrangement → Life satisfaction

0.845

0.535

1.579

−0.210

1.899

−0.210

1.899

 Total Indirect Effects

1.615

0.364

4.437^***

0.994

2.448

0.945

2.386

Living arrangement → Presence of meaning → Life satisfaction

0.531

0.219

2.309^*

0.182

1.054

0.163

1.010

 Living arrangement → Search for meaning → Life satisfaction

0.281

0.166

1.624

0.027

0.694

−0.008

0.647

 Living arrangement → Social support→ Life satisfaction

0.794

0.274

2.819^**

0.306

1.398

0.311

1.290