Loneliness, belonging and psychosomatic complaints across late adolescence and young adulthood: a Swedish cohort study

Table 3 Results from cross-sectional analyses of psychosomatic complaints at age 17–18 by loneliness and belonging at age 17–18 (upper panel) and of psychosomatic complaints at age 20–21 by loneliness and belonging at age 20–21 (lower panel). Coefficients from linear regressions and 95% confidence intervals (CI). n = 2684

	Psychosomatic complaints (17–18 years)
	Crude^a		Model 1^b		Model 2^c
	b	95% CI	b	95% CI	b	95% CI
Loneliness (17–18 years)	1.58	1.30; 1.86	1.33	1.03; 1.63	1.25	0.96; 1.55
Belonging (17–18 years)	-1.07	-1.32; -0.82	-0.72	-0.98; -0.46	-0.65	-0.91; -0.39
	Psychosomatic complaints (20–21 years)
	Crude^d		Model 1^e		Model 2^f
	b	95% CI	b	95% CI	b	95% CI
Loneliness (20–21 years)	1.32	1.08; 1.57	0.93	0.68; 1.19	0.94	0.68; 1.19
Belonging (20–21 years)	-1.29	-1.54; -1.05	-1.02	-1.27; -0.77	-0.95	-1.20; -0.70

Bold values denote statistical significance based on the 95% CI
^aIncludes one independent variable at a time (at age 17–18), adjusting for gender
^bIncludes loneliness and belonging (at age 17–18), adjusting for gender
^cIncludes loneliness and belonging (at age 17–18), adjusting for gender, educational/employment status (at age 17–18), living arrangements (at age 17–18), parental education, and parental country of birth
^dIncludes one independent variable at a time (at age 20–21), adjusting for gender
^eIncludes loneliness and belonging (at age 20–21), adjusting for gender
^fMutually adjusts for loneliness and belonging (at age 20–21), adjusting for gender, educational/employment status (at age 20–21), living arrangements (at age 20–21), parental education, and parental country of birth

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