The reasons reported by participants were investigated with relation to gender and education and whether their present marital status was related to the degree to which the divorced person was content with the decision to divorce, his attachment style and quality of life.
Tilgreindar orsakir þátttakenda voru meðal annars skoðaðar með tilliti til kyns og menntunar. Skoðað var hvort núverandi hjúskaparstaða þátttakenda tengdist því hversu sáttur viðkomandi var við þá ákvörðun að skilja; tengslamyndun (attachment style) og lífsgæðum hans.