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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2018 Apr;32(3):343–354. doi: 10.1037/fam0000351

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Correlations Between Husbands and Wives’ Characteristics

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1. T1 Aggression .69** .67** .58** .50** −.33** −.26** −.18** −.16** −.20** .28** .22** −.08 −.08 .19** .17** .13** .18** .09 .02 .25** .19** .17**
2. T2 Aggression .62** .71** .66** .58** .01 −.25** −.23** −.10 −.17** .25** .14* −.12* −.10 .21** .13* .04 .08 .05 .05 .28** .19** .19**
3. T3 Aggression .56** .67** .72** .75** .32** −.23** −.27** −.08 −.19** .24** .20** −.14** −.10 .12* .18** .13* .22** .05 .06 .31 .25** .07
4. T4 Aggression .51** .66** .71** .72** .48** .23** −.34** −.05 −.24** .20** .23** −.07 −.16** .13* .22** .07 .26** .09 .12* .30** .28** .10
5. Aggression Slope −.27** .15* .34** .55** .55** .01 −.17** .02 −.08 −.03 .02 −.01 −.08 −.04 .15* −.02 .04 −.02 .00 .12* .07 −.02
6. T1 Satisfaction −.29** −.25** −.17** −.22** .03** .32** .52** .25** .30** −.16** −.10 .13** .15** −.25** −.29** −.12* −.13* −.06 −.04 −.34** −.20** −.18**
7. T4 Satisfaction −.20** −.26** −.30** −.37** −.25** .56** .48** .14* .23** −.08 −.15** .07 .16** −.18** −.37** .02 −.17** −.16** −.17** −.30** −.31** −.08
8. T1 Positivity −.14** −.11* −.11* −.09 .00 .16** .07 .82** .37** −.11* −.08 .27** .24** −.09 −.02 .03 .09 −.07 −.04 −.03 −.02 .03
9. T4 Positivity −.21** −.16** −.19** −.19** −.08 .14* .24** .37** .80** −.10 −.18** .18** .44** −.16** −.18** .02 −.03 −.20** −.07 −.16** −.16** −.09
10. T1 Negativity .21** .11* .16** .11* −.07 −.15** −.11 −.19** −.20** .54** .41** −.14** −.04 −.03 .04 .01 .02 .16** .12* .10 .01 .03
11. T4 Negativity .22** .20** .30** .27** .13 −.16** −.17** −.11 −.21** .50** .61** −.19** −.21** −.01 .08 .13* .16** .13* .10 .05 .07 .04
12. T1 Effectiveness −.16** −.15** −.17** −.19** −.08 .03 .07 .35** .23** −.16** −.18** .56** .37** −.15** .03 −.06 −.06 −.03 .00 .01 .01 −.03
13. T4 Effectiveness −.15** −.13* −.18** −.24** −.19** .08 .12* .20** .50** −.17** −.19** .36** .47** −.02 −.11 −.03 −.07 −.10 −.06 −.03 −.08 −.07
14. T1 Depression .29** .25** .22** .27** −.02 −.32** −.12* −.04 −.11* .14** .06 −.10 −.05 .18** .48** .16** .14* .07 .10* .35** .28** −.01
15. T4 Depression .18** .21** .29** .27** .14* −.29** −.30** −.04 −.14* .06 .08 −.12* −.13* .45** .11* .09 .15** .07 .16** .32** .41** .06
16. T1 Substance Use .24** .12* .24** .15** −.01 −.20** −.13* −.09 −.13* .11* .19** −.06 −.13* .24** .17** .20** .44** −.04 .05 .06 .14* .02
17. T4 Substance Use .25** .24** .27** .24** .09 −.12* −.19** .03 −.06 .03 .11 −.10 −.12* .05 .15** .43** .22** .02 −.02 .07 .18** .10
18. T1 Acute Stress .11* .16** .07 .08 −.09 −.04 −.02 −.04 −.08 .18** .09 −.04 −.11* .21** .07 .03 .05 .60** .27** .08 .00 .02
19. T4 Acute Stress .08 .11* .09 .06 −.08 −.08 −.06 −.06 −.07 .01 .03 −.04 −.04 .06 .15** .01 .04 .31** .18** .14* .21** .00
20. T2 Chronic Stress .18** .16** .15** .21** .05 −.30** −.20** .08 −.03 .08 .11 .09 .07 .32** .32** .14** .08 .08 .00 .24** .53** .10
21. T4 Chronic Stress .12* .14** .23** .30** .23** −.19** −.29** .08 −08 .04 .16** −.01 −.08 .27** .35** .12* .1** .05 .00 .58** .32** .09
22. Divorcea .20** .23** .10 .17** .11 −.09 −.14* .02 −.10 .02 .03 −.05 −.08 .09 .15* .06 −.04 .04 .06 .02 .11 --

Husbands: M (SD) 1.94 (1.84) 1.74 (1.93) 1.56 (1.89) 1.52 (1.90) −0.20 (0.64) 33.90 (3.05) 33.02 (4.05) 2.38 (0.78) 2.33 (0.60) 1.91 (0.59) 1.81 (0.57) 4.18 (0.89) 3.85 (0.90) 4.00 (3.32) 3.63 (3.30) 0.70 (1.28) 0.45 (0.99) 2.25 (1.90) 1.41 (1.73) 5.22 (3.23) 4.88 (3.10) 12.8% Div.(N=338)
Wives: M (SD) 2.64 (2.59) 2.14 (2.31) 2.05 (2.25) 1.90 (2.17) −0.21 (0.65) 33.15 (3.39) 32.30 (4.15 2.35 (0.76) 2.35 (0.58) 1.94 (0.58) 1.93 (0.63) 4.29 (0.87) 4.00 (0.90) 3.70 (3.03) 3.65 (3.48) 0.23 (0.72) 0.19 (0.63) 1.88 (1.65) 1.50 (1.60) 5.57 (3.15) 5.24 (2.88)

Note. Intercorrelations between husbands’ characteristics are reported below the diagonal, and wives’ characteristics are reported above the diagonal. Values in bold along the diagonal represent correlations between husbands’ and wives’ characteristics. T1/T4 = Time 1/Time 4.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01

a

T1 physical aggression for husbands (r = .11, p = .04) and wives (r = .18, p = .001) and T2 aggression only for wives (r = .16, p = .01) but not for husbands (r = .09, p = .11) were significantly associated with divorce.