Table 1.
Example of Various Dyadic Indexes of Similarity Using a Random Couple (Mike and Susie)
| Variable | Raw Score | Sample Average with SD (Normative) | Mean-Centered (Distinctive) | |||
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| Susie | Mike | Wife | Husband | Susie | Mike | |
| PEM-C | 96 | 73 | 84.6 (11.1) | 78.2 (11.1) | 11.4 | −5.2 |
| PEM-A | 93 | 110 | 90.4 (13.6) | 95.4 (13.6) | 2.6 | 14.6 |
| NEM | 69.7 | 96.2 | 78.9 (12.6) | 80.7 (13.2) | −9.2 | 15.5 |
| CON | 157.2 | 130.7 | 151.5 (13.4) | 144.1 (14.1) | 5.7 | −13.4 |
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| Profile Correlations | .69 | .98 | .89 | −.72 | ||
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| WB | 29 | 31 | 30.1 (4.7) | 29.4 (4.6) | −1.1 | 1.6 |
| SC | 67 | 42 | 54.4 (8.6) | 48.9 (8.6) | 12.6 | −6.9 |
| AC | 46 | 54 | 49.2 (7.5) | 51.2 (7.8) | −3.2 | 2.8 |
| SP | 47 | 56 | 41.2 (9.0) | 44.3 (9.0) | 5.8 | 11.7 |
| AG | 27 | 42 | 27.1 (5.5) | 31.4 (13.2) | −.1 | 10.6 |
| AL | 23 | 36 | 27.7 (7.3) | 29.7 (7.8) | −4.7 | 6.3 |
| SR | 26 | 33 | 28.8 (6.3) | 26.5 (6.3) | −2.8 | 6.6 |
| CN | 63 | 51 | 53.8 (6.8) | 52.2 (7.3) | 9.2 | −1.2 |
| HA | 64 | 46 | 60.0 (8.1) | 51.1 (9.7) | 4.0 | −5.1 |
| TR | 51 | 44 | 54.4 (7.3) | 54.3 (7.4) | −3.4 | −10.3 |
| AB | 38 | 44 | 40.9 (8.9) | 38.6 (8.4) | −2.9 | 5.4 |
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| Profile Correlations | .59 | .95 | .75 | −.28 | ||
Note: These data represent an actual, random couple from the dataset that has been de -identified and given the fictitious names of Mike and Susie. PEM-A, PEM-C, NEM, and CON represent Agentic Positive Emotionality, Communal Positive Emotionality, Negative Emotionality, and Constraint, respectively. WB, SP, AC, SC, SR, AL, AG, CN, HA, TR, and AB represent Well-Being, Social Potency, Achievement, Social-Closeness, Stress Reaction, Alienation, Aggression, Control, Harm-Avoidance, Traditionalism, and Absorption, respectively. The profile correlation listed under “Raw Scores” represents the raw profile r, which is the profile correlation between husbands and wives using the raw scores. The profile correlation listed under “Normative Wife” is the profile correlation between the raw scores and normative scores for wives (i.e., the degree to which a wife is similar to the “average” profile for wives). The profile correlation listed under “Normative Husband” is the profile correlation between the raw scores and normative scores for husbands. Finally, the profile correlation under “Distinctive” is the distinctive profile r, which represents the profile correlation between husbands and wives using the mean-centered, or distinctive, scores.