Table 5.

Single people vs. married people/people in a relationship.

Motives	Married/in a relationship (n = 126)		Single (n = 39)		t	p	d
	M	SD	M	SD
Health orientation	5.24	1.38	4.83	1.33	1.65	0.100	0.31
Weight concern	4.12	1.87	3.97	1.89	0.42	0.678	0.08
Personal goal achievement	4.98	1.51	4.94	1.70	0.12	0.904	0.02
Competition	3.14	1.75	3.31	1.82	−0.52	0.601	−0.09
Recognition	2.32	1.31	2.67	1.46	−1.41	0.160	−0.25
Affiliation	3.63	1.94	4.32	1.78	−1.99	0.048	−0.37
Psychological Coping	4.18	1.64	4.54	1.46	−1.23	0.219	−0.23
Life Meaning	3.69	1.58	4.01	1.51	−1.12	0.262	−0.21
Self- esteem	4.33	1.57	4.60	1.50	−0.97	0.335	−0.18

Notes: Bold values indicate statistically significant differences.