Lonely No More: Investigating the Connection between Family Health, Social Support, and Well-being in Chinese “Empty Nest Youth”

Table 3.

Mediated model test for social support

Regression (N = 908) Model Fit Coefficient Significance

Dependent Variables Independent Variables R R2 F(df) β t

Well-Being   0.40 0.16 24.33*** (7)    

  Age       -0.01 -1.44
  Gender       0.06 0.84
  Occupational status       0.02 1.00
  Highest Education       0.01 0.56
  Place of Residence       -0.09 -1.10
  Monthly Per Capita Household Income       0.05 3.38***
  Family Health       0.36 11.15***

Social Support   0.53 0.28 49.58*** (7)    

  Age       -0.02 -2.18**
  Gender       0.17 2.63
  Occupational status       0.02 0.92
  Highest Education       0.02 0.97
  Place of Residence       -0.07 -0.99
  Monthly Per Capita Household Income       0.03 2.40*
  Family Health       0.49 16.30***

Well-Being   0.33 0.11 52.45*** (8)    

  Age       -0.01 0.78
  Gender       0.04 0.46
  Occupational status       0.01 0.55
  Highest Education       0.01 0.97
  Place of Residence       -0.04 0.51
  Monthly Per Capita Household Income       0.03 2.45*
  Family Health       0.07 2.22*
  Social Support       0.59 20.00***

Note. * p < 0.05;** p < 0.01;*** p < 0.001