Parental Divorce and Attitudes and Feelings toward Marriage and Divorce in Emerging Adulthood: New Insights from a Multiway-Frequency Analysis

	Partial χ²	Number of iterations
Religious affiliation	36.09^**	2
Negative feelings	398.41^**	2
High parental conflict	109.14^**	2
Attachment style	6.55^*	2
Optimism Theme x Negative Feelings	14.99^**	4
Attachment Style x Negative Feelings	4.75^*	4
Parents’ Status x High Parental Conflict	71.74^**	4

[i] Note: N = 446. df = 1 for all partial χ², **p < .01 *p < .05.

Table 2

Multiway Frequency Analysis’ Significant Partial Associations Using the Saturated Model For Attitudes and Feelings Toward Divorce.

	Partial χ²	Number of iterations
Religious affiliation	36.08^**	2
Divorce fulfilling theme	21.71^**	2
High parental conflict	109.14^**	2
Attachment Style	6.56^*	2
Divorce Fulfilling Theme x Religious Affiliation	5.63^*	7
Negative Feelings x Religious Affiliation	14.65^**	7
Negative Feelings x Divorce Fulfilling Theme	74.09^**	4
Attachment Style x Negative Feelings	8.88^**	7
High Parental Conflict x Parents’ Status	71.13^**	5
High Parental Conflict x Divorce Fulfilling Theme x Negative Feelings	4.21^*	6
Parents’ Status x Divorce Fulfilling Theme x Negative Feelings	5.15^*	6
Parents’ Status x Attachment Style x Divorce Fulfilling Theme	4.46^*	5
Parents’ Status x Attachment Style x High Parental Conflict	7.77^**	7

[i] Note: N = 446. df = 1 for all partial χ², **p < .01 *p < .05.

Table 3

Multiway Frequency Analysis’ Partial Associations Using the Saturated Model For Attitudes and Feelings Toward Marriage in Young Adults from Divorced Families.

	Partial χ²	Number of iterations
Negative feelings	162.84^**	2
Religious affiliation	30.98^**	2
Family transitions	22.32^**	2
Family Transitions x High Parental Conflict x Negative Feelings x Optimism Theme	5.35^*	3

[i] Note: N = 217. df = 1 for all partial χ², **p < .01 *p < .05.

Table 4

Multiway Frequency Analysis’ Partial Associations Using the Saturated Model For Attitudes and Feelings Toward Divorce in Young Adults from Divorced Families.

	Partial χ²	Number of iterations
Negative feelings	5.04^*	2
Divorce Fulfilling Theme	3.89^*	2
Family transitions	22.37^**	2
Religious Affiliation	30.99^**	2
Divorce Fulfilling Theme x Negative Feelings	48.47^**	3
Religious Affiliation x Negative Feelings	18.30^**	4
Religious Affiliation x Number of Transitions x Divorce Fulfilling Theme x Negative Feelings	5.01^*	6
Family transitions x High Parental conflict x Divorce Fulfilling Theme x Negative Feelings	6.60^*	4
Family transitions x Religious Affiliation x High Parental Conflict x Divorce Fulfilling Theme	4.58^*	4