Table 1.

Means and standard errors of internalizing and externalizing problems at age 3 and 12 of married and divorced children as rated by the mother

	Married until age 12	Divorced between age 3 and 12	MLR χ2 difference	P value
Age 3 internalizing
Boys	4.54 (0.08)	4.67 (0.24)	0.124	0.72
Girls	4.45 (0.09)	4.85 (0.34)	1.639	0.20
Age 3 externalizing
Boys	16.49 (0.23)	17.08 (0.74)	0.426	0.51
Girls	14.52 (0.21)	17.04 (0.82)	11.438	<0.001
Age 12 internalizing
Boys	4.18 (0.11)	5.92 (0.47)	37.956	<0.001
Girls	4.32 (0.10)	6.27 (0.50)	62.256	<0.001
Age 12 externalizing
Boys	6.98 (0.16)	8.36 (0.53)	10.066	<0.01
Girls	4.71 (0.11)	7.06 (0.45)	125.024	<0.001