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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Consult Clin Psychol. 2014 Jun 16;82(4):592–604. doi: 10.1037/a0037097

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Marital Satisfaction, Global Distress, Intimacy, and Acceptance

Measure Base FB 2wk 6mo 1yr 1yr
FB		 1yr
2wk		 1yr
6mo		 2yr
QMI
  Control 36.37
(8.39)		 36.80
(7.67)		 36.48
(7.91)		 37.46
(7.33)		 37.32
(7.43)		 37.79
(7.82)		 37.14
(8.13)		 37.37
(8.24)		 37.66
(8.29)
  MC 35.97
(8.35)		 38.41
(7.07)		 38.30
(6.81)		 37.42
(8.04)		 37.79
(7.64)		 40.23
(5.12)		 38.84
(6.69)		 38.24
(6.86)		 37.73
(7.34)
GDS
  Control 52.71
(9.48)		 - 50.96
(9.40)		 50.47
(9.14)		 50.66
(9.12)		 - 50.79
(9.70)		 51.21
(9.14)		 51.34
(8.50)
  MC 52.50
(9.24)		 - 50.72
(8.61)		 50.12
(8.86)		 49.14
(9.25)		 - 48.38
(8.81)		 49.42
(9.09)		 49.95
(9.08)
Intimacy
  Control 3.08
(0.46)		 3.08
(0.46)		 3.12
(0.48)		 3.16
(0.49)		 3.12
(0.51)		 3.15
(0.51)		 3.09
(0.62)		 3.08
(0.58)		 3.12
(0.55)
  MC 3.01
(0.53)		 3.12
(0.48)		 3.15
(0.47)		 3.16
(0.50)		 3.19
(0.48)		 3.31
(0.44)		 3.26
(0.50)		 3.21
(0.51)		 3.18
(0.52)
Acceptance
  Control 4.05
(0.77)		 4.06
(0.77)		 4.13
(0.80)		 4.14
(0.78)		 4.14
(0.81)		 4.19
(0.71)		 4.08
(0.85)		 4.13
(0.83)		 4.19
(0.82)
  MC 3.97
(0.89)		 4.30
(0.74)		 4.24
(0.81)		 4.23
(0.77)		 4.22
(0.75)		 4.42
(0.62)		 4.38
(0.70)		 4.30
(0.76)		 4.25
(0.76)

Note. Standard deviations are in parentheses. QMI = Quality of Marriage Index. GDS = Global Distress. Descriptives ignore the clustering due to couples and are based only on available participants per assessment point.