. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 3.

Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2006 Feb;115(1):121–130. doi: 10.1037/0021-843X.115.1.121

Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations on Marital Interaction Variables for Separate Groups of Couples

	H-AAL/W-NA (n = 17)		H-AAL/W-ALC (n = 19)		H-NAAL/W-NA (n = 37)		H-NAAL/W-ALC (n = 21)		H-NA/W-NA (n = 38)
Behavior	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Hostile	.10^a	.11	.08^a,b	.14	.05^a,b	.09	.03^b	.05	.03	.05
Positive	.16^a,b	.10	.19^b	.11	.13^a	.07	.18^a,b	.11	.16	.09
Neutral	.59	.19	.58	.17	.68	.18	.60	.21	.70	.17
Avoidant	.11	.21	.14	.18	.09	.19	.15	.23	.07	.14
Pos:Neg	.56^a	.28	.77^b	.30	.58^a,c	.31	.77^b,c	.20	.73	.25

Note. Among the alcoholic groups, means with different superscripts are significantly different at p < .05, based on Duncan post hoc tests. Means in bold are significantly different from the nonalcoholic group at p < .05, based on planned contrasts. Values for the nonalcoholic group are italicized. H = Husband; W = Wife; NA = Nonalcoholic; AAL = Antisocial, Alcoholic; ALC = Alcoholic; NAAL = Nonantisocial Alcoholic; Pos:Neg = positive-to-negative ratio.