Decreased self-reported receiving of social touch and social support predict loneliness in healthy adults

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 2 Regression analysis predicting loneliness as a function of HRV

Model	Predictors	B	SE B	t	p
4	Age	− 0.02	0.10	− 0.17	0.86
	Sex	0.12	0.10	1.12	0.26
	log SDNN	− 0.12	0.11	− 1.15	0.25
5	Age	− 0.02	0.10	− 0.18	0.86
	Sex	0.10	0.10	0.99	0.32
	log RMSSD	− 0.11	0.10	− 1.04	0.30
6	Age	− 0.01	0.10	− 0.12	0.90
	Sex	0.09	0.10	0.86	0.39
	log HF	− 0.05	0.10	− 0.50	0.62
7	Age	− 0.02	0.10	− 0.18	0.86
	Sex	0.13	0.11	1.21	0.23
	log LF	− 0.10	0.11	− 0.99	0.32

Model 4: R²= 0.01, F(3,99)= 0.65, p= 0.57; model 5: R²= 0.01, F(3,99)= 0.57, p= 0.63; model 6: R²= 0.009, F(3,99)= 0.29, p= 0.82; model 7: R²= 0.01, F(3,99)= 0.63, p= 0.59
SDNN standard deviation of the NN interval, RMSSD root mean square of successive differences, HF high-frequency component, LF low-frequency component