Table 2. Unadjusted means and adjusted effect sizes for mechanisms at baseline, 3 months, and 9 months Mechanism.

		KO		DS		Between Condition Effect Size [95% CI]
		Unadjusted Means	d [95% CI]	Unadjusted Means	d [95% CI]
Functional Emotion Regulation	Baseline	2.84 (0.78)	--	2.70 (0.84)	--	--
	3-month	2.71 (0.85)	-0.07 [-0.23; 0.08]	2.87 (1.03)	0.06 [-0.05; 0.18]	0.14 [-0.06; 0.33]
	9-months	2.89 (0.98)	-0.00 [-0.13; 0.13]	2.73 (0.93)	0.04 [-0.08; 0.15]	0.04 [-0.14; 0.21]
Dysfunctional Emotion Regulation	Baseline	1.98 (0.50)	--	1.98 (0.61)	--	--
	3-month	1.83 (0.62)	-0.14 [-0.28; 0.01]	1.67 (0.54)	-0.13 [-0.23; -0.02]	0.01 [-0.17; 0.19]
	9-months	1.77 (0.69)	-0.15 [-0.29; 0.01]	1.84 (0.75)	-0.1 [-0.27; 0.07]	0.05 [-0.18; 0.27]
Depression	Baseline	1.75 (0.47)	--	1.85 (0.59)	--	--
	3-month	1.34 (0.34)	-0.34 [-0.44; -0.24]	1.36 (0.45)	-0.39 [-0.50; -0.28]	-0.05 [-0.20; 0.10]
	9-months	1.30 (0.55)	-0.35 [-0.48; -0.22]	1.48 (0.57)	-0.31 [-0.43; -0.19]	0.04 [-0.13; 0.22]
Condom Self-Efficacy	Baseline	1.90 (0.84)	--	1.84 (0.87)	--	--
	3-month	1.80 (0.94)	-0.04 [-0.20; 0.12]	1.65 (0.97)	-0.15 [-0.35; 0.05]	-0.11 [-0.37; 0.15]
	9-months	1.70 (1.05)	-0.13 [-0.31; 0.05]	1.46 (0.80)	-0.27 [-0.47; -0.07]	-0.14 [-0.40; 0.13]
Acceptance of Couples‟ Violence	Baseline	1.40 (0.40)	--	1.51 (0.57)	--	--
	3-month	1.34 (0.58)	-0.03 [-0.26; 0.19]	1.34 (0.57)	-0.18 [-0.32; -0.05]	-0.15 [-0.41; 0.11]
	9-months	1.22 (0.35)	-0.17 [-0.28; -0.05]	1.18(0.30)	-0.31 [-0.43; -0.20]	-0.15 [-0.31; 0.02]
HIV Knowledge	Baseline	0.52 (0.16)	--	0.53 (0.15)	--	--
	3-month	0.7 (0.18)	0.46 [0.32; 0.61]	0.68 (0.18)	0.43 [0.3; 0.56]	-0.03 [-0.23; 0.16]
	9-months	0.63 (0.20)	0.29 [0.15; 0.42]	0.65 (0.17)	0.34 [0.21; 0.47]	0.05 [-0.14; 0.24]

Note.

^aHigher scores indicate lower self-efficacy. Effect Sizes are standardized difference scores.

Bold=p <.05