Table 1.

Demographic Variables, Relationship Specific Covariates, Anxious Attachment and Verbal Immediacy: Correlations and Descriptive Statistics (N = 119)

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Age	-
2. Gross     Income	.11**	-
3. Length	.60**	.20**	-
4. Separation	−.10**	.10**	−.07*	-
5. Tobacco	.18**	.14**	.20**	.03	-
6. High BP	.32**	.02	.17**	.03	−.02	-
7. BMI	−.01	.04	.06	.03	−.04	.24**		-
8. Anxiety	−.04	−.04	−.01	.10*	−.04	.19**	.24**		-
9. Immediacy	−.10**	−.21**	−.01	.00	−.11**	.06	.19**	.30**
M	41.50	1.73	172.25	3.88	1.27	1.14	25.61	3.48	0
SD	9.60	.84	101.73	1.90	.45	.35	5.33	1.30	.70
Range	19–63	1–4	5–510	.5–11.50	1–2	1–2	17–47	1–6.11	−1.50–2.32

Note. Gross Income = approximate gross income ( 1=less than $30,000; 2= $30,000–$50,000; 3= $50,000 – $100,000; 4=greater than $100,000); Length = length of time in months participants were married before the separation; Separation = length of time rounded to the nearest half-month since the participant physically separated from partner; Tobacco = Does the participant use any form of tobacco including smoking cigarettes, pipes or cigars, and chewing tobacco (1=no; 2=yes); High BP = participant medical diagnosis of hypertension (1=no; 2=yes); BMI = body mass index; Anxiety = average attachment anxiety item-score; Verbal Immediacy = composite score of standardized LIWC variables I, discrepancy, present tense verbs, and the inverse score of article and six letter words.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.