Participants’ retrospective reports of whether their parents were divorced/separated while growing up were coded from the SSAGA32. Participants also retrospectively reported on their perceptions of parental relationship discord34, which included questions about the quality of their parents’ marriage/relationship (a 4-point ordinal scale with response options of excellent, good, fair, or poor); whether their parents usually seemed to enjoy each other (yes or no); whether their parents often argued or fought in front of them (yes or no); whether either of their parents ever hit the other (yes or no); and how much conflict or tension there was in the household (an ordinal item with response options a lot, some, a little, or none). These questions were asked with respect to ages 6–13 for those administered the SSAGA-II (65% and 57% of the EA and AA samples, respectively), and ages 12–17 for those administered the SSAGA-IV (35% and 43% of the EA and AA samples, respectively).
