Twenty-three percent (n = 28) of participants answered “yes” to feeling that their private reputations were damaged.
There was a statistically significant difference at the p < .05 level for the three groups: F (2,117) = 3.9, p = .02. The
effect size, calculated using eta squared, was .06. With only six percent of variability explained by living
arrangement, future research should address this issue.