The Professional Counselor | Volume 13, Issue 1 47 on loneliness and the mediator. The significance of the mediation was determined using the Sobel test and was found to be statistically significant at z = −13.54, p = < .001. Figure 1a Mediation Path Model for Social Self-Efficacy on Avoidant Attachment on Loneliness Note. Mediation model testing social self-efficacy as mediator for avoidant attachment and loneliness. ***p < .001 The second path model (Figure 1b) was conducted to ascertain the extent to which social selfefficacy mediated the relationship between anxious attachment and loneliness. Step 1 of the mediation provided the coefficient for path c = 4.25. This was statistically significant {t (861) = 20.945, p = .001}. The mediation path was also statistically significant, signaling partial mediation: c` = 3.73 {t (860) = 19.59, p < .001} with R2 = .442 and adjusted R2 = .441. Figure 1b Mediation Path Model for Social Self-Efficacy on Anxious Attachment on Loneliness Note. Mediation model testing social self-efficacy as mediator for anxious attachment and loneliness. **p < .001
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