Table 2.

Mean scores of variables and Dimensions (N ​= ​177, Mean ± SD).

Characteristics	Patients	Spouses	t	P
Dyadic coping	105.50 ​± ​23.98	103.34 ​± ​22.26	0.384	0.701
Stress communication	23.11 ​± ​7.66	22.11 ​± ​7.89	2.036	0.043
Supportive dyadic coping	31.04 ​± ​10.95	31.51 ​± ​9.20	−0.807	0.421
Common dyadic coping	13.84 ​± ​4.76	13.74 ​± ​4.67	0.290	0.772
Delegated dyadic coping	13.05 ​± ​4.26	12.32 ​± ​3.52	2.054	0.041
Negative dyadic coping	24.46 ​± ​9.51	23.66 ​± ​7.20	0.997	0.320
Psychological resilience	63.51 ​± ​19.68	67.44 ​± ​18.97	−2.264	0.025
Personal capacity	42.25 ​± ​13.89	48.11 ​± ​13.41	−2.339	0.020
Positive cognition	18.26 ​± ​6.20	19.33 ​± ​5.93	−1.929	0.055

t, paired sample t test, bold indicates, P ＜0.05.