| Gender by sibling structure | Variables | ||||||||
| Intact/ Broken home | Psychological distress | Social support | Locus of control | Optimism | Pessimism | Family relationship | Personal growth | Systems maintenance | |
| Only girl | Parents split (N = 27) | 12.63 (4.07) | 27.85 (7.66) | 9.07 (3.96) | 12.52 (1.97) | 9.23 (3.31) | 12.41 (5.81) | 26.56 (9.54) | 7.78 (4.02) |
| Parents together (N = 25) | 14.84 (6.88) | 24.96 (7.41) | 6.24 (2.54) | 12.20 (2.83) | 9.50 (4.10) | 8.76 (6.02) | 33.67 (9.49) | 11.80 (4.86) | |
| Only boy | Parents split (N = 14) | 10.57 (3.08) | 25.00 (3.59) | 8.14 (4.62) | 11.64 (1.60) | 10.86 (2.18) | 11.43 (3.08) | 27.43 (10.60) | 7.29 (5.14) |
| Parents together (N = 30) | 12.87 (4.79) | 23.67 (4.25) | 7.20 (2.31) | 13.10 (2.26) | 9.63 (3.41) | 5.77 (6.98) | 29.43 (10.74) | 14.03 (4.96) | |
| Boy with brother | Parents split (N = 21) | 19.10 (5.01) | 21.05 (7.99) | 7.33 (6.51) | 11.11 (1.79) | 14.01 (4.65) | 5.80 (7.16) | 22.53 (2.43) | 7.33 (3.48) |
| Parents together (N = 81) | 18.74 (7.12) | 19.63 (7.58) | 9.48 (5.69) | 9.78 (3.25) | 15.98 (4.88) | 10.42 (1.80) | 18.65 (9.77) | 7.56 (4.68) | |
| Girl with brother | Parents split (N = 37) | 17.86 (9.52) | 23.02 (8.47) | 8.95 (4.07) | 10.73 (2.87) | 14.96 (5.34) | 3.36 (6.77) | 19.25 (5.71) | 7.19 (5.99) |
| Parents together (N = 67) | 15.13 (6.58) | 19.91 (6.18) | 7.43 (4.60) | 10.03 (3.22) | 14.01 (5.04) | 9.59 (6.40) | 26.41 (10.64) | 11.76 (6.20) | |
| Boy with sister | Parents split (N = 17) | 8.47 (3.02) | 24.85 (8.68) | 8.47 (6.00) | 15.35 (3.50) | 10.82 (5.69) | 7.48 (3.59) | 22.55 (7.06) | 9.06 (5.65) |
| Parents together (N = 53) | 10.94 (4.72) | 27.33 (7.45) | 11.92 (8.18) | 18.00 (4.37) | 8.46 (4.67) | 12.10 (3.46) | 23.40 (11.13) | 9.40 (3.28) | |
| Girl with sister | Parents split (N = 77) | 13.06 (4.37) | 27.18 (8.34) | 12.03 (5.40) | 18.56 (4.28) | 11.89(6.55) | 8.51 (9.90) | 23.34 (9.24) | 10.49 (6.10) |
| Parents together (N = 51) | 10.24 (2.66) | 32.66 (5.98) | 8.75 (6.86) | 21.18 (3.48) | 10.21 (7.44) | 15.27 (7.14) | 35.36 (12.57) | 11.88 (4.77) | |
| Boy with both | Parents split (N = 35) | 11.63 (3.34) | 22.46 (4.29) | 15.46 (2.66) | 13.46 (1.52) | 16.74 (4.68) | 10.26 (4.94) | 18.51 (2.95) | 4.49 (1.40) |
| Parents together (N = 43) | 16.63 (8.19) | 20.26 (5.16) | 10.81 (6.93) | 12.56 (4.51) | 10.59 (7.14) | 7.56 (9.11) | 25.53 (7.51) | 9.88 (3.53) | |
| Girl with both | Parents split (N = 61) | 14.77 (8.83) | 24.85 (5.51) | 11.59 (4.71) | 15.77 (4.77) | 13.73 (6.72) | 9.59 (4.68) | 21.57 (4.35) | 7.43 (3.81) |
| Parents together (N = 69) | 14.10 (5.65) | 25.57 (5.02) | 8.48 (4.79) | 13.36 (2.80) | 11.62 (5.29) | 8.19 (4.70) | 30.32 (9.44) | 11.46 (5.37) | |