Table 1 Pearson’s and partial correlations between loneliness, depression, and age.

From: Head versus heart: social media reveals differential language of loneliness from depression

Controlled variable

Loneliness

Depression

Age

r [95% CI]

r [95% CI]

r [95% CI]

None

Loneliness

1

  

Depression

0.554 [0.53, 0.58]***

1

 

Age

−0.139 [−0.17, −0.10]***

−0.256 [−0.29, −0.22]***

1

Age

Loneliness

1

  

Depression

0.541 [0.52, 0.57]***

1

 

Depression

Loneliness

1

  

Age

0.004 [−0.03, 0.04]

 

1

Loneliness

Depression

 

1

 

Age

 

−0.218 [−0.25, −0.18]***

1

  1. Numbers in the tables are correlation coefficients with the 95% confidence interval in square brackets: [lower bound, upper bound]. Loneliness was assessed using 3-item UCLA Loneliness Scale; Depression was assessed using Patient Health Questionnaire-9. All correlations were bivariate correlations. All p-values were corrected using the Benjamini–Hochberg correction.
  2. 95% CI 95% confidence interval, L lower, U upper.
  3. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.
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