Correlations

Descriptive Statistics Mean age years since separation years married prior to separation number of children negotiated for depression 3.97 1.801 229 1.35 1.155 229 41.90 8.199 9.486 Std. Deviation 9.881 6.7008 7.0818 N 229 229 229

Correlations years married years since age age Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed) N years since separation Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed) N years married prior to separation Sig. (2-tailed) N number of children negotiated for Sig. (2-tailed) N depression Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed) N **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). .192 229 -.101 .129 229 .302 229 .049 .456 229 .012 229 -.135
*

number of children negotiated for

**

prior to separation
**

separation 1 .580

depression -.101 .129 229 .049 .456 229 -.135*

.609

.086 .192 229 .069 .302 229 .165

*

.000 229 .580

**

.000 229 .057 .391

229 1

.000 229 .609

**

229 .057

229 1

Pearson Correlation

.000 229 .086

.391 229 .069 229 .165*

.012 229 1

.041 229 .014

Pearson Correlation

.828 229 .014 .828 229 229 229 1

.041 229

A researcher was interested in the relationship between the number of years a couple was married before they decided to separate, the number of children the couple had negotiated for when divorcing, and their feelings of depression at the time of separation. A bivariate correlation was conducted on the relationships. Results indicated that those with a number of years a couple were married before separating (M=9.48, SD=7.08) had a significantly higher number of children the couple had negotiated for when divorcing (M=1.35, SD=1.15; r= .1, p<.05). The number of years a couple were married before separating had a significantly higher number of feelings of depression at the time of separation (M=3.97, SD=1.80; r=-.1, p<.05).