Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Individual- and Couple-level Pronoun Variables.

Pronoun variables	Individual-level variables
	Patients			Spouses
	Mean	SD	Range	Mean	SD	Range
We/I-ratio	19.2	15.3	0 – 68.8	22.9	15.8	0 – 100
We-talk	1.7	1.4	0 – 5.6	1.9	1.3	0 – 6.8
I-talk	7.6	2.6	2.1 – 14.6	6.8	2.5	0 – 12.0
You-talk	4.0	2.0	0 – 9.1	4.9	2.3	0.4 – 12.0

	Couple-level variables
	Partner asymmetry			Partner total (mean)
	Mean	SD	Range	Mean	SD	Range
We/I-ratio	3.7	15.7	−38.3 – 57.1	21.1	13.4	0 – 71.4
We-talk	0.2	1.3	−3.6 – 2.8	1.8	1.2	0 – 6.2
I-talk	−0.8	3.4	−13.2 – 8.4	7.2	1.8	1.9 – 11.8
You-talk	0.9	2.8	−5.3 – 8.7	4.4	1.7	0.3 – 8.6