TABLE 2.

One-way analyses of variance (ANOVA) for effects of age (18–30; 31–45; 46–60) on the Adult Attachment Scale.

	Age 18–30		Age 31–45		Age 46–60			ANOVA		2
Source	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	df	SS	MS	F
AAS Close	3.74	0.65	3.72	0.66	3.67	0.66
Between groups							2	1.49	0.74	1.71	0.00
Within groups							1673	727.34	0.43
AAS Depend	3.70	0.78	3.65	0.76	3.54	0.79
Between groups							2	8.12	4.06	6.71**	0.01
Within groups							1672	1011.96	0.61
AAS Anxiety	2.11	0.84	1.99	0.74	2.01	0.77
Between groups							2	3.64	1.8	2.98	0.00
Within groups							1642	1002.05	0.61

**p <.01. η² = 0.01 small effect.