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

Table 5 Results from prospective analyses of psychosomatic complaints at age 20–21 by loneliness and belonging at age 17–18. Coefficients from linear regressions and 95% confidence intervals (CI). n = 2684

	Psychosomatic complaints (20–21 years)
	Crude^a		Model 1^b		Model 2^c		Model 3^d
	b	95% CI	b	95% CI	b	95% CI	b	95% CI
Loneliness (17–18 years)	1.07	0.79; 1.35	0.88	0.59; 1.16	0.84	0.56; 1.13	0.16	-0.09; 0.41
Belonging (17–18 years)	-0.77	-1.01; -0.53	-0.54	-0.79; -0.30	-0.48	-0.72; -0.23	-0.13	-0.34; 0.09

Bold values denote statistical significance based on the 95% CI
^aIncludes one independent variable at a time, 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), family structure (at age 17–18), parental education, and parental country of birth
^dIncludes 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, parental country of birth, and psychosomatic complaints (at age 17–18)

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