Table 2:

Wives’ Measures over Time by Randomization Group

	Baseline				3 Months Post-baseline					6 Months Post-baseline					9 Months Post-baseline
	Control		Experimental		Control		Experimental			Control		Experimental			Control		Experimental
	Mean	(SE)	Mean	(SE)	Mean	(SE)	Mean	(SE)	Cohen’s d p-valuea	Mean	(SE)	Mean	(SE)	Cohen’s d p-valueb	Mean	(SE)	Mean	(SE)	Cohen’s d p-valuec
Depressed Mood	14.62	(0.7)	15.83	(0.7)	13.92	(0.7)	13.12	(0.8)	0.13/0.181	11.04	(0.8)	13.00	(0.8)	0.15/0.510	10.60	(0.8)	11.02	(0.9)	0.06/0.510
Anxiety Marital Communication	35.44	(0.9)	37.72	(0.9)	32.53	(0.9)	34.07	(0.9)	0.03/0.554	31.29	(1.0)	35.04	(1.0)	0.17/0.287	31.39	(1.0)	32.86	(1.0)	0.02/0.593
Marital Communication
Total Scale	87.22	(1.1)	85.44	(1.2)	86.03	(1.2)	87.07	(1.2)	0.24/0.017	84.08	(1.3)	83.69	(1.4)	0.16/0.369	81.31	(1.5)	82.72	(1.5)	0.31/0.074
Open Communication	36.93	(0.5)	36.45	(0.5)	37.21	(0.5)	37.51	(0.5)	0.16/0.144	36.67	(0.5)	36.34	(0.5)	0.05/0.838	36.11	(0.6)	36.48	(0.6)	0.18/0.269
Expressing Sad Feelings	32.90	(0.5)	32.12	(0.5)	33.19	(0.5)	33.44	(0.5)	0.19/0.084	32.53	(0.6)	32.60	(0.6)	0.18/0.264	31.17	(0.6)	32.24	(0.7)	0.36/0.032
Appraised Spouse Support	65.08	(0.8)	63.40	(0.9)	64.34	(0.9)	66.24	(0.9)	0.39/<.001	64.57	(1.0)	64.26	(1.0)	0.15/0.267	62.62	(1.1)	64.55	(1.2)	0.37/0.009

^aCohen’s d/p-value = Effect size and p value for change from baseline to 3 months by randomization group

^bCohen’s d/p-value = Effect size and p value for change from baseline to 6 months by randomization group

^cCohen’s d/p-value = Effect size and p value for change from baseline to 9 months by randomization group