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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2020 Aug 13;35(4):552–558. doi: 10.1037/fam0000795

Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations of Spiritual Intimacy and One-Up-Manship With Marital Conflict and Resolution Processes

Couples

Primary variables T1 T2 T3 T4
Frequency of conflict
M 11.5 11.5 11.6 11.5
SD 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5
 Range 4–20 4–21 4–21 4–20
Wives Husbands


T1 T2 T3 T4 T1 T2 T3 T4
Spiritual intimacy
M 18.6 18.2 18.2 18.0 18.0 18.0 17.1 17.1
SD 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.1 3.8
 Range 9–24 8–24 6–24 8–24 8–24 6–24 6–24 5–24
Spiritual one-upmanship
M 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.1 1.7 2.0 1.7
SD 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 2.9 3.2 3.8 3.5
 Range 0–17 0–16 0–21 0–17 0–17 0–17 0–23 0–25
Collaboration
M 39.5 39.3 37.6 38.0 39.1 39.3 37.6 38.0
SD 4.8 4.5 5.6 5.3 4.6 5.1 5.5 5.3
 Range 25–48 29–48 20–47 24–48 25–48 22–48 18–47 19–47
Hostility
M 20.1 18.7 18.4 20.0 20.8 18.7 18.4 20.0
SD 7.9 7.9 8.2 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.2
 Range 6–42 3–38 2–42 4–37 5–38 3–41 2–44 2–44
Stonewalling
M 11.1 10.0 9.9 11.3 6.9 6.1 6.2 7.2
SD 5.2 4.8 4.9 5.3 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.9
 Range 1–28 0–25 1–23 1–30 0–20 0–22 0–21 0–19

Note. T1 = Time 1 (8th—9th month of pregnancy); T2 = Time 2 (baby 3 months old); T3 = Time 3 (baby 6 months old); T4 = Time 4 (baby 12 months old).