Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Husbands’ and Wives’ Ratings of Self and Partner Emotions in Marital Conflict, Depressive Symptoms, and Marital Satisfaction

	Husband Report		Wife Report		Test of H-W difference
	M	SD	M	SD	t-value	df
Emotion Ratings
W Positivity	11.73	4.44	12.51	4.69	-2.71**	262
H Positivity	12.16	4.17	12.36	4.77	-0.70	262
W Anger	2.20	3.57	1.79	3.34	1.95†	261
H Anger	1.77	2.96	1.80	3.41	-0.20	261
W Sadness	2.50	3.78	1.91	3.37	2.66**	261
H Sadness	2.07	3.45	1.08	2.51	4.94**	261
W Fear	1.35	2.58	0.89	2.51	2.71**	261
H Fear	1.22	2.48	0.60	1.93	3.78**	261
Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms	8.83	7.53	9.94	9.01	-1.75†	266
Self-Reported Marital Satisfaction	110.24	21.69	112.68	24.19	-1.69†	266

Note. N = 267 couples. H = husband report; W = wife report.

^†p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.