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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2008 Nov;95(5):1217–1224. doi: 10.1037/a0013316

Table 2.

Means and Standard Deviations of Relationship Satisfaction in Study 4

Experiencers
Forecasters
Group n M SD n M SD
Absence 35 .18 .39 7 .07 .38
Presence 27 −.03 .39 9 .38 .15
Control 26 .01 .53

Note. The means are the average of relationship ratings at Time 2 minus the average relationship ratings at Time 1 (baseline). The ratings were on 7-point scales. The higher the number, the greater the increase in satisfaction.