Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for Independent Variables Measured at Time 1

Measure	Husbands		Wives
	M	SD	M	SD
Initial Problem Severity
Study 1	3.07	(1.47)	2.94	(1.19)
Study 2	2.32	(1.13)	2.42	(1.19)
Commands
Study 1	0.02	(0.03)	0.02	(0.03)
Study 2	0.01	(0.02)	0.01	(0.02)
Blames
Study 1	0.01	(0.02)	0.02	(0.02)
Study 2	0.03	(0.04)	0.03	(0.05)
Rejections
Study 1	0.01	(0.02)	0.01	(0.02)
Study 2	0.01	(0.02)	0.01	(0.03)
Indirect Hostility
Study 1	0.06	(0.06)	0.06	(0.07)
Study 2	0.04	(0.06)	0.05	(0.06)

Note. Means and standard deviations of each behavior are proportions of speaking turns during which partners exhibited the behavior.