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Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2016 Mar 22;78(3):680–694. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12301

Table 7.

Zero-Order Correlations Between Communication and Satisfaction Using the First and Last Waves

	Wave 1 Satisfaction to Wave 4 Communication (r)	Wave 1 Communication to Wave 4 Satisfaction (r)	z test
Husbands’ positivity
Husbands’ satisfaction	0.14^*	0.07	1.00
Wives’ satisfaction	0.28^**	0.11^*	2.45^*
Wives’ positivity
Husbands’ satisfaction	0.15^**	0.10⁺	0.71
Wives’ satisfaction	0.30^**	0.14^*	2.33^*
Husbands’ negativity
Husbands’ satisfaction	−0.16^**	−0.11⁺	−0.75
Wives’ satisfaction	−0.18^**	−0.10⁺	−1.18
Wives’ negativity
Husbands’ satisfaction	−0.14^*	−0.10⁺	−0.58
Wives’ satisfaction	−0.10⁺	−0.08	−0.28
Husbands’ effectiveness
Husbands’ satisfaction	0.08	0.07	0.14
Wives’ satisfaction	0.19^**	0.13^*	0.85
Wives’ effectiveness
Husbands’ satisfaction	0.17^**	0.10⁺	0.99
Wives’ satisfaction	0.15^**	0.07	1.12

Note. Z-tests compare the relative strength of the correlations (all N = 313).

⁺

p < .10;

p < .05;

^**

p < .01.