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Table 2 Adjusted relative risk ratios for predictors of adolescent loneliness trajectoriesa

From: Predictors of chronic loneliness during adolescence: a population-based cohort study

 

Moderate–decreasing (n = 185, 5.8%)

Moderate–increasing (n = 508, 16.1%)

Consistently high (n = 24, 0.8%)

RRR

95% CI

RRR

95% CI

RRR

95% CI

Bullying victimization

1.64**

1.18

2.28

1.88***

1.52

2.33

4.57***

1.97

10.59

Parental psychological distress

0.67

0.29

1.56

1.84**

1.25

2.71

5.07***

1.78

14.42

Gender (girl)

1.42*

1.05

1.94

2.32***

1.89

2.84

2.01

0.87

4.63

Parent origin (non-Japanese)

0.82

0.25

2.68

1.98*

1.14

3.44

2.36

0.30

18.35

Low parental education

1.25

0.84

1.86

1.39**

1.08

1.79

1.24

0.46

3.37

Low household income

1.12

0.66

1.90

1.24

0.89

1.74

1.30

0.38

4.41

Single-parent household

0.95

0.46

1.97

0.86

0.53

1.39

0.91

0.17

4.88

Child chronic health condition

1.82**

1.19

2.77

1.31

0.96

1.78

1.22

0.39

3.79

Child cognitive delay

0.89

0.44

1.80

0.84

0.53

1.34

4.20**

1.44

12.24

  1. CI confidence interval; RRR relative risk ratio
  2. The “consistently low” group is taken as reference
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  4. a All predictive variables were mutually adjusted in the model