Table 1.
Means and Standard Deviations of Spiritual Intimacy and One-Up-Manship With Marital Conflict and Resolution Processes
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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 | ||||
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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).