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. 2021 May 13;70(3):689–704. doi: 10.1111/fare.12544

Table 1.

Significant Mean Differences for Dichotomous Variables Across External and Internal Contexts (N = 294–320)

Male White First‐year student Empty nest Student home FT
Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N
External context
Quarantine disruption 3.60 3.98**
Attitudes about home
Excited to return 3.02 3.37**
Parent acceptance 3.58 3.81**
Adult identity
Treated adultlike 2.70 2.99*
Felt adultlike 3.04 3.27* 3.13 3.40*
Parenting focus
Bug about job 3.10 2.81* 3.80 2.78*
Bug about whereabouts
Bug about sleep 3.34 3.10*
Bug about time use 3.55 3.16**
Restricting activity 3.13 2.63**
Pressure to study 2.77 3.33*
Coping
No privacy
No break from family 4.10 3.76*
Effort get along with family 1.56 1.97** 2.97 3.46***
Have fun with family 2.01 2.48** 2.57 3.00**
Get to know family better 1.72 2.03** 2.97 3.28*

Note. FT = full time.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.