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

Table 6 Results from prospective analyses of psychosomatic complaints at age 20–21 by loneliness and belonging (categorised into four groups) 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
	b	95% CI	b	95% CI	b	95% CI
Loneliness & belonging (17–18 years)
Socially fulfilled (ref.)	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	-
Socially indifferent	*0.52*	0.23; 0.81	*0.45*	0.16; 0.74	0.03	-0.22; 0.28
Socially searching	*0.83*	0.42; 1.23	*0.78*	0.37; 1.18	-0.03	-0.35; 0.30
Socially distressed	1.45	1.07; 1.84	1.35	0.97; 1.73	0.42	0.10; 0.75

Bold values denote statistical significance based on the 95% CI
Figures in italics indicate statistically significant difference from the category “Socially distressed” (p < 0.05)
^aIncludes the four groups of loneliness and belonging (at age 17–18), adjusting for gender
^bIncludes the four groups of 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
^cIncludes the four groups of 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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