Impact of the sense of power on loneliness among international students in China: the chain mediating role of perceived discrimination and loneliness stigma

Table 3 Results of the chain mediation model analysis of the effect of a sense of power on loneliness in international students (n = 529)

Predictor variable	Loneliness		Perceived discrimination		Loneliness stigma		Loneliness
Predictor variable	β	t	β	t	β	t	β	t
Age	0.001	0.131	0.002	0.170	0.003	0.766	−0.001	−0.050
Gender	−0.077	−0.935	−0.008	−0.099^**	−0.340	−4.329	0.067	0.928
Type of study	−0.077	−2.322^*	−0.071	−2.092^*	−0.060	−1.888	−0.029	−1.020
Length of residence	−0.001	−0.047	0.065	2.269^*	0.004	0.164	−0.024	−0.993
Chinese proficiency	−0.043	−1.541	−0.020	−0.699	−0.074	−2.774	−0.006	−0.245
Sense of power	−0.401	−9.927^**	−0.374	−9.030^**	−0.276	−6.633^**	−0.167	−4.298^**
Perceived discrimination					0.254	6.228^**	0.215	5.664^**
Loneliness stigma							0.414	10.515^**
R²	0.450		0.161		0.273		0.414
F	22.136^***		16.706^**		27.945^**		45.853^**

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