Table 2.

Means and Standard Deviations of Wives' Tactics and Behaviors Expressed

	Diary Group				Control Group
	Time 1		Time 2		Time 1		Time 2
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Emotions (range 0-9)
Positive	3.45	1.44	3.67	1.63	3.48	1.63	3.67	1.59
Angry	2.55	2.20	2.98	2.21	2.50	2.55	2.71	2.14
Afraid	0.31	0.93	0.36	1.11	0.24	0.80	0.34	0.87
Sad	0.57	1.56	0.87	1.77	0.55	1.76	1.52	2.44
Behaviors (range 0-2)
Defensiveness	0.15	0.51	0.29	0.65	0.10	0.41	0.19	0.55
Humor	0.09	0.29	0.06	0.31	0.10	0.36	0.03	0.18
Problem Solving	1.38	0.88	1.11	0.93	1.12	0.98	0.98	0.98
Nonverbal Hostility	0.23	0.55	0.43	0.76	0.36	0.72	0.60	0.84
Verbal Hostility	0.30	0.60	0.34	0.69	0.24	0.60	0.26	0.61
Physical Affection	0.19	0.57	0.25	0.62	0.26	0.64	0.43	0.78
Support	0.35	0.70	0.32	0.66	0.52	0.84	0.40	0.70
Personal Insult	0.09	0.40	0.09	0.40	0.10	0.41	0.07	0.26
Physical Distress	0.08	0.34	0.09	0.40	0.09	0.39	0.24	0.63
Resolutiona	4.69	2.12	4.41	2.00	4.74	2.57	4.24	2.24
Composites
Positive	12.11	3.19	11.78	4.37	12.16	5.06	11.71	4.43
(range: 0-28)
Depressive	0.98	2.13	1.35	2.71	0.88	2.19	2.16	3.17
(range: 0-22)
Destructive	3.38	3.48	4.26	3.84	3.35	4.00	4.00	3.68
(range: 0-21)

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