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Table 6. Testing the significance of the change in key variables among all participants who
completed all three assessments
df Mean Square F Sig.
Anxiety 2 (178) 1.29 (0.56) 2.28 0.11
Depression 2 (178) 0.81 (0.29) 2.75 0.07
Loneliness
(UCLA)
2 (178) 0.66 (0.36) 1.87 0.16
Loneliness
(Howatt)
2 (178) 4.24 (0.47) 9.06 0.00*
Perceived
Isolation
2 (178) 361.42 (307.33) 1.18 0.31
Note. * Tukey HSD post-hoc: p (time 1,2) = 0.17; p (time 2,3) = 0.04; p (time 1,3) = 0.00
