Table 3.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Effect Sizes for Parental Marital Status Comparisons

Construct	Married	Divorced	Never Married	Married vs. divorced	Divorced vs. never	Married vs. never
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	ES	ES	ES
Relationship Adjustment	16.39 (3.44)	15.56 (3.59)	14.75 (4.04)	.24**	.21*	.44***
Dedication	5.40 (1.01)	5.36 (0.98)	5.16 (1.10)	.04	.19	.23*
Negative Communication	1.61 (0.48)	1.72 (0.50)	1.81 (0.56)	−.22**	−.17	−.38***
Physical Aggression	0.39 (0.83)	0.38 (0.71)	0.67 (1.07)	.01	−.33**	−.29**
Parents a Good Model	3.69 (1.22)	2.06 (1.10)	2.50 (1.31)	1.41***	−.37**	.94***
Parental Conflict	2.45 (0.72)	3.00 (0.79)	2.67 (0.84)	−.73***	.40***	−.28**

Note. Effect sizes are Cohen’s d values. Significant differences between two group, based on t-tests:

^*p ≤ .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001.