Table 2.

Code tree.

Code no.	Selective and axial codes
1.	Stress communication through the home space
1.1.	Direct stress communication is lacking – stress appears indirectly through space use
1.2.	Open disagreement focuses on use of space
1.3.	Differences in partners’ priorities for space use cause conflicts
2.	Coping by spatial separation
2.1.	Conscious distancing in coping with the symptoms
2.2.	Distancing in the coping with relationship stress
2.3.	Mutually reinforcing processes of distancing
3.	Coping by joint striving for at-homeness
3.1.	One partner takes care of the other in the absence of stress communication
3.2.	The risk of taking over home duties
3.3.	The common use of the home space supports coping with stress
3.4.	The joint shaping of the home space