Variable | Sex | Family structure | Sibling structure | |||||
Male N = 294 | Female N = 414 | Broken Home N = 289 | Intact home N = 419 | Only child N = 96 | Brother (s) N = 206 | Sister (s) N = 198 | Both N = 208 | |
Mean (Sd) | Mean (Sd) | Mean (Sd) | Mean (Sd) | Mean (Sd) | Mean (Sd) | Mean (Sd) | Mean (Sd) | |
Distress | 14.62 (6.86) | 13.98 (6.59) | 13.87 (6.74) | 14.51 (6.67) | 12.97 (5.16) | 17.45 (7.40) | 11.37 (4.24) | 14.40 (7.14) |
Social support | 22.52 (7.10) | 25.60 (7.61) | 24.96 (7.40) | 23.88 (7.63) | 25.38 (6.32) | 20.48 (7.42) | 28.43 (7.96) | 23.74 (5.46) |
Locus of control | 10.32 (6.38) | 9.41 (5.26) | 10.94 (5.29) | 8.99 (5.94) | 7.61 (3.41) | 8.50 (5.23) | 10.85 (6.80) | 11.05 (5.52) |
Optimism | 12.97 (4.35) | 14.75 (5.16) | 14.74 (4.51) | 13.50 (5.12) | 12.54 (2.19) | 10.17 (3.07) | 18.81 (4.35) | 13.91 (3.90) |
Pessimism | 12.59 (5.92) | 12.21 (6.09) | 13.05 (5.99) | 11.89 (6.01) | 9.66 (3.42) | 14.96 (5.04) | 10.45 (6.39) | 12.89 (6.37) |
Family relationship | 9.36 (5.66) | 9.43 (7.37) | 8.54 (7.29) | 9.99 (6.21) | 9.23 (6.48) | 8.41 (5.90) | 11.12 (7.96) | 8.82 (5.95) |
Personal growth | 22.52 (9.49) | 26.66 (10.46) | 22.22 (7.35) | 26.79 (11.51) | 29.45 (10.29) | 21.68 (9.59) | 26.38 (11.74) | 24.75 (8.21) |
Systems maintenance | 8.58 (4.69) | 10.19 (5.62) | 7.97 (5.12) | 10.59 (5.18) | 10.71 (5.43) | 8.84 (5.71) | 10.43 (5.15) | 8.78 (4.78) |