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Table 3 Correlations between loneliness scores and IWMS-S, LSNS-6, and K6

From: Loneliness among mothers raising children under the age of 3 years and predictors with special reference to the use of SNS: a community-based cross-sectional study

 

Number

Percent

Mean

SD

Spearman*

p value

Internal Working Model (secure type)

509

 

20.6

5.5

−0.52

< 0.001

LSNS-6 family

521

 

8.8

2.7

−0.33

< 0.001

LSNS-6 friends

518

 

7.1

3.3

−0.43

< 0.001

LSNS-6 mom friends

521

 

5.0

3.9

−0.32

< 0.001

LSNS-6 SNS

513

 

6.5

4.8

−0.33

< 0.001

K6

511

 

3.3

3.5

0.28

< 0.001

 -4

363

71.0%

    

 5–12

139

27.2%

    

 13-

9

1.8%

    
  1. SD, Standard deviation
  2. IWMS, Internal Working Model Scale
  3. LSNS-6, abbreviated version of the Lubben Social Network Scale
  4. *Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (ρ)