Table 3.

Factor Loadings for Exploratory Factor Analysis of IFIRS Codes

	Husbands			Wives
Variable	1	2	3	1	2	3
Hostility	.92	−.31	−.19	.89	−.20	−.31
Disruptive Process	.73	−.30	−.32	.67	−.22	−.33
Contempt	.72	−.26	−.15	.68	−.20	−.21
Denial	.61	−.23	−.15	.54	−.24	−.11
Angry Coercion	.59	−.19	−.08	.52	−.05	−.09
Dominance	.52	−.15	.26	.55	−.02	.13
Verbal Attack	.47	−.14	−.16	.44	−.07	−.24
Interrogation	.38	−.08	.18	.42	−.06	.02
Externalized Negative	.35	−.01	−.03	.25	−.03	−.10
Physical Attack	.22	.05	.01	.24	.10	−.17
Sadness	.18	−.07	−.14	.12	−.04	−.20
Group Enjoyment	−.26	.72	.15	−.20	.68	.17
Positive Mood	−.19	.61	.31	−.21	.68	.26
Warmth/Support	−.18	.61	.21	−.03	.61	.12
Humor/Laugh	−.05	.54	.16	−.07	.50	.09
Physical Affection	−.04	.48	.07	.08	.51	.01
Listener Responsiveness	−.43	.46	.36	−.41	.49	.27
Endearment	−.13	.45	.14	−.05	.39	.11
Effective Process	−.29	.37	.73	−.19	.33	.70
Solution Quality	−.03	.16	.64	.04	.06	.70
Communication	−.45	.51	.64	−.45	.53	.63
Solution Quantity	.03	.10	.64	.10	.02	.66
Assertiveness	−.38	.43	.62	−.35	.47	.62
Anxiety	.23	−.01	−.26	.19	−.04	−.31
Lecture/Moralize	.24	−.13	.25	.37	−.02	.13
% of variance explained:	19.0%	10.2%	6.5%	17.3%	10.1%	7.4%

Note. N = 414 couples. Numbers in bold indicate codes retained in the factor. Codes are presented by highest loadings for husband. Group Enjoyment assigns one score to the couple as a dyad. On the basis of the loadings, the interpretive labels for the factors are as follows: Factor 1 = Negativity, Factor 2 = Positivity, Factor 3 = Effectiveness. For this analysis, codes were collapsed across the three discussion tasks. Factor loadings were extracted with principal axis factoring with promax rotation.