Table 4.

Correlations, Reliability, and Descriptive Statistics of Scales Formed From Factor Analysis

Variables	1	2	3	Alpha	ICC	Mean (SD)
1. Positivity	.82**	−.13**	.26**	.74	.81	2.45 (.65)
2. Negativity	−.20**	55**	−.12*	.78	.73	1.95 (.58)
3. Effectiveness	21**	−.16**	51**	.78	.80	4.29 (.93)
Alpha	.74	.80	.78
ICC	.83	.74	.74
Mean (SD)	2.47 (.67)	1.82 (.56)	4.16 (.93)

Note. N = 414 couples. Values for the husbands are below the diagonal; values for the wives are above the diagonal; correlations between husband and wife are on the diagonal. Alphas and ICCs for husbands are presented in the horizontal rows, and alphas and ICCs for wives are presented in the vertical columns. ICC means intraclass correlation coefficient (type 1, k). For this analysis, codes were collapsed across the three discussion tasks.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01