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

Table 5.

Test for moderated mediating model

Regression (N = 908) Model Fit Coefficient Significance

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

Social Support   0.55 0.30 42.86*** (9)    

  Age       -0.02 -2.01*
  Gender       0.18 2.94**
  Occupational status       0.02 1.04
  Highest Education       0.02 0.82
  Place of Residence       -0.07 -0.94
  Monthly Per Capita Household Income       0.03 2.39
  Family Health       0.47 15.44***
  Loneliness       -0.09 -3.19**
  Family Health × Loneliness       -0.13 -4.24***

Well-Being   0.67 0.44 71.53*** (10)    

  Age       -0.01 -0.04
  Gender       -0.03 -0.59
  Occupational status       0.02 0.85
  Highest Education       -0.01 -0.07
  Place of Residence       -0.03 -0.40
  Monthly Per Capita Household Income       0.03 2.49*
  Family Health       0.03 0.26
  Social Support       0.57 19.30***
  Loneliness       -0.16 -6.00***
  Social Support × Loneliness       -0.06 -2.55*

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