Interpersonal predictors of loneliness in Japanese children: variable- and person-centered approaches

BMC Psychology

Table 2 The results of hierarchical liner modeling for loneliness at time 2

Variables	γ	SE	p	95% CI
Within level
(Demographics and baseline variables)
Gender	− 0.08	0.03	.010	[− 0.14, − 0.02]
Age	− 0.01	0.03	.749	[− 0.06, 0.05]
Loneliness (T0: baseline)	0.11	0.03	< .001	[0.05, 0.17]
(T1 variables)
Loneliness	0.46	0.04	< .001	[0.36, 0.53]
Positive peer relations	− 0.13	0.03	< .001	[− 0.20, − 0.07]
Victimization	0.11	0.04	.002	[0.04, 0.19]
Relational aggression	0.09	0.04	.010	[0.02, 0.16]
Overt aggression	0.03	0.05	.719	[− 0.06, 0.13]
Cross-level interaction
Positive peer relations with loneliness (T1)	0.42	0.32	.192	[− 0.21, 1.04]
Victimization with loneliness (T1)	0.82	0.35	.020	[0.13, 1.50]
Relational aggression with loneliness (T1)	− 0.09	0.08	.915	[− 0.42, 0.25]
Overt aggression with loneliness (T1)	− 0.11	0.33	.740	[− 0.74, 0.53]

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