. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2011 Jun;25(3):366–374. doi: 10.1037/a0023627

Table 3.

Associations between Relationship and Break-up Characteristics with Psychological Distress and Life Satisfaction Following a Break-up

	Outcome: Psychological Distress				Outcome: Life Satisfaction

Fixed Effects	B	SE	t	df	B	SE	t	df
Intercept	2.33^***	0.21	11.21	341	3.63^***	0.26	13.76	341
Length of relationship	0.002	0.00	1.34	415	−0.001	0.00	−0.36	416
Living together	0.15	0.12	1.28	415	−0.33^*	0.15	−2.28	416
Plans for marriage	0.06	0.10	0.61	415	−0.27^*	0.13	−2.06	416
Child together	−0.06	0.19	−0.36	415	0.08	0.23	0.35	416
Continued contact	0.03	0.03	1.07	415	−0.07^†	0.04	−1.78	416
Desire to break up	0.004	0.11	0.04	415	−0.13	0.13	−0.95	416
Relationship quality	−0.001	0.01	−0.06	415	0.07^***	0.02	4.22	416
Dating someone new	0.01	0.09	0.06	415	0.38^**	0.12	3.11	416

Random Effects	Variance Component	SD	χ²	df	Variance Component	SD	χ²	df

r_0i	0.70	0.83	1195.80^***	341	1.05	1.03	1096.42^***	341
ε_ti	0.38	0.62			0.57	0.76

Notes. B = unstandardized regression coefficient; SE = standard error of regression coefficient; t = t-statistic; df = approximated degrees of freedom.

^***

p < .001,

^**

p < .01,

p < .05,

^†

p = .07.