Differentiating objective and subjective dimensions of social isolation and apprasing their relations with physical and mental health in italian older adults

Table 4 Non-automatic hierarchical regression analysis with mood as dependent variable depression

	Step 1			Step 2			Step 3
	B	SE(B)	β	B	SE(B)	β	B	SE(B)	β
Age	.012	.005	.15*	.011	.005	.13	.01	.005	.12*
Sex (0 = male)	.26	.08	.22**	.26	.08	.22**	.27	.07	.22***
Education (0 = low)	−.08	.07	−.06	−.06	.07	−.05	−.04	.07	−.03
Marital Status (0 = no partner)	−.28	.08	−.23***	−.27	.08	−.22**	−.18	.08	−.14*
Religious engagement (0 = no)	−.08	.09	−.05	−.08	.10	−.05	−.10	.09	−.07
Social Disconnectedness (Lubben Scale)				.14 (−.007)	.09 (.006)	.10 (−.07)	−.01 (.001)	.09 (.006)	−.009 (.01)
Perceived isolation							.39 (.36)	.06 (.06)	.37* (.36*)
R² (R² adj.)	.17 (.15)			.17 (.16)			.29 (.28)
F for change in R²	(5265) = 10.61***			(1264) = .13			(1263) = 44.54***
F	(5265) = 10.62***			(6264) = 9.28***			(7263) = 15.63***

Between brackets results from the HRA when the Lubben scale was considered as independent variable
* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001. 287 < df < 304

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