Table 4.

Correlations between dyadic coping, marital satisfaction, depression and general anxiety within the couple.

	DC TX	DC P	QMI TX	QMI P	PHQ TX	PHQ P	GAD TX	GAD P	SimS	SimP	Cong TX	Cong P	PerSi TX	PerSi P
Male transplant recipient and female partner (n = 36)
DC TX
DC P	0.484**
QMI TX	0.565**	0.162
QMI P	0.402*	0.626**	0.370*
PHQ TX	–0.150	0.239	–0.311	0.078
PHQ P	0.036	–0.80	–0.036	–0.242	0.208
GAD TX	–0.037	0.088	–0.165	–0.029	0.666**	0.212
GAD P	–0.049	–0.178	–0.142	–0.128	0.323	0.802**	0.313
SimS	–0.092	0.081	–0.159	0.166	0.374*	0.220	0.134	0.349*
SimP	–0.134	–0.264	0.266	–0.015	0.079	–0.030	0.281	0.078	0.376*
Cong TX	–0.113	–0.192	0.117	–0.021	0.212	–0.160	0.191	–0.120	0.492**	0.650**
Cong P	–0.278	–0.067	0.092	0.066	0.125	–0.071	0.13	0.104	0.367	0.576**	0.299
PerSi TX	–0.361*	–0.105	–0.186	0.075	0.458**	0.086	0.325	0.241	0.562**	0.291	0.224	0.3 24
PerSi P	–0.201	–0.364	–0.077	–0.143	0.261	0.059	0.311	0.276	0.502**	0.446**	0.562	0.359	0.313
Female transplant recipient and male partner (n = 20)
DC TX
DC P	0.654**
QMI TX	0.203	0.415
QMI P	0.108	0.135	0.691**
PHQ TX	0.015	0.326	0.157	0.148
PHQ P	–0.342	–0.411	–0.275	–0.090	0.192
GAD TX	–0.075	0.268	0.157	0.231	0.931**	0.298
GAD P	–0.475*	–0.513*	–0.043	–0.056	0.119	0.782**	0.137
SimS	–0.017	–0.158	–0.118	–0.144	–0.182	–0.044	–0.382	–0.086
SimP	–0.114	–0.631**	–0.032	0.363	–0.516*	0.049	–0.512*	0.084	0.315
Cong TX	0.088	–0.368	0.039	0.384	–0.286	0.226	–0.207	0.223	0.454	0.683**
Cong P	0.107	–0.353	–0.450	–0.261	–0.041	0.127	–0.148	0.123	0.714**	0.273	0.548*
PerSi TX	–0.644**	–0.205	–0.069	0.169	0.460	0.193	0.408	0.193	0.104	0.065	–0.062	–0.113
PerSi P	0.182	–0.077	–0.050	–0.320	–0.112	–0.054	–0.280	–0.072	0.710**	0.201	0.101	0.536*	–0.310

TX, transplant recipient; P, partner; DC, dyadic coping; QMI, Quality of Marriage Index; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire; GAD, General Anxiety Disorder; SimS/P, Similarity Index Self/Partner-evaluation; Cong, congruence index; PerSi, perceived similarity index. ^∗p < 0.05; ^∗∗p < 0.01.