. 2020 Nov 30;11:578083. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578083

TABLE 4.

Multiple regression analyses predicting SF-36 mental health summary t-scores.

Variable	B	*SE B*	β	B	*SE B*	β	B	*SE B*	B
Men
Age	0.384	0.049	0.256	0.086	0.072	0.057	0.100	0.072	0.066
Number of children	0.715**	0.492	0.048	0.936	0.486	0.062	1.083*	0.484	0.072
Education	0.689	0.749	0.031	0.428	0.708	0.020	0.339	0.704	0.015
Income	0.547	0.687	0.027	0.411	0.668	0.020	0.256	0.665	0.013
Duration of marriage				0.175*	0.081	0.095	0.146	0.081	0.079
Number of times divorced				5.611**	1.022	0.237	5.435**	1.016	0.230
Initiator Status: Participant vs Former Spouse				−3.997**	1.115	−0.139	−4.856**	1.133	−0.169
Initiator Status: Participant vs Mutual Agreement				2.402	1.407	0.066	1.180	1.437	0.032
New Partner Status: Both vs neither				−5.127*	2.327	−0.173	−5.088*	2.311	−0.172
New Partner Status: Both vs Participant Yes, Ex No				−1.723	2.617	−0.040	−1.666	2.599	−0.038
New Partner Status: Both vs Participant No, Ex Yes				−8.862**	2.486	−0.251	−8.341**	2.473	−0.236
Divorce Conflict							−0.337**	0.094	−0.117
R		0.27			0.43			0.44
Adjusted R²		0.07			0.17			0.18
F		16.49**			17.29**			17.15**
Change R²					0.11			0.01
F Change R²					16.57**			13.02**
Women
Age	−0.051	0.053	−0.033	−0.008	0.076	−0.005	0.011	0.076	0.007
Number of children	0.596	0.462	0.044	0.097	0.480	0.007	0.115	0.477	0.008
Education	0.087	0.700	0.004	−0.104	0.683	−0.005	−0.128	0.677	−0.007
Income	2.477**	0.752	0.118	2.254*	0.734	0.108	2.061**	0.729	0.098
Duration of marriage				0.021	0.080	0.013	0.024	0.079	0.015
Number of times divorced				−1.462	1.145	−0.051	−1.197	1.138	−0.042
Initiator Status: Participant vs Former Spouse				−5.617**	1.002	−0.202	−5.627**	0.994	−0.202
Initiator Status: Participant vs Mutual Agreement				0.125	1.361	0.003	−0.621	1.364	−0.016
New Partner Status: Both vs neither				−5.553**	2.021	−0.200	−5.898*	2.007	−0.212
New Partner Status: Both vs Participant Yes, Ex No				−0.904	2.459	−0.019	−1.156	2.440	−0.024
New Partner Status: Both vs Participant No, Ex Yes				−4.510*	2.192	−0.142	−3.941	2.179	−0.124
Divorce Conflict							−0.362**	0.093	−0.132
R		0.13			0.29			0.31
Adjusted R²		0.01			0.07			0.09
F		3.51*			7.13**			7.89**
Change R²					0.07			0.02
F Change R²					9.06**			15.06**

*p < 0.05. **p < 0.001. When analyses were run with number of previous divorces coded as “1/2/3 or more,” the pattern of results remained the same. Moreover, when analyses were run with number of children coded as “1/2/3 or more,” the pattern of results also remained the same.