Table 2.
Pre-post and pre-follow-up change in individual and relationship outcomes for intervention participants by intervention type.
| Intervention participants | Comparison | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness intervention (n = 304) | Relaxation intervention (n = 254) | Mindfulness intervention vs. Relaxation intervention | ||||||||||||||||
| M | SD | B pre-post | SE | p | B pre-fu | SE | p | M | SD | B pre-post | SE | p | B pre-fu | SE | p | B/SE p-value |
B/SE p-value |
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| Relationship outcomes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Global satisfaction | 5.733 | 1.067 | 0.140 | 0.023 | 0.000 | 0.179 | 0.027 | 0.000 | 5.731 | 1.114 | 0.114 | 0.034 | 0.001 | 0.166 | 0.035 | 0.000 | − 0.634 | − 0.295 |
| 0.524 | 0.777 | |||||||||||||||||
| Single-item satisfaction | 5.814 | 1.304 | 0.098 | 0.047 | 0.038 | 0.181 | 0.052 | 0.000 | 5.795 | 1.351 | 0.096 | 0.048 | 0.050 | 0.189 | 0.057 | 0.001 | − 0.029 | 0.104 |
| 0.979 | 0.920 | |||||||||||||||||
| Relationship distress | 2.687 | 1.493 | − 0.244 | 0.065 | 0.000 | − 0.236 | 0.067 | 0.000 | 2.634 | 1.541 | − 0.077 | 0.066 | 0.239 | − 0.206 | 0.073 | 0.005 | 1.796 | 0.303 |
| 0.072 | 0.761 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connectedness | 5.687 | 1.138 | 0.183 | 0.037 | 0.000 | 0.179 | 0.048 | 0.000 | 5.690 | 1.162 | 0.146 | 0.045 | 0.001 | 0.074 | 0.055 | 0.179 | − 0.638 | − 1.419 |
| 0.519 | 0.155 | |||||||||||||||||
| Partner acceptance | 4.981 | 1.067 | 0.359 | 0.044 | 0.000 | 0.399 | 0.048 | 0.000 | 4.934 | 1.162 | 0.484 | 0.045 | 0.000 | 0.489 | 0.048 | 0.000 | 1.984 | 1.343 |
| 0.046 | 0.179 | |||||||||||||||||
| Relationship excitement | 3.883 | 1.612 | − 0.092 | 0.078 | 0.238 | − 0.031 | 0.082 | 0.705 | 3.764 | 1.636 | 0.105 | 0.080 | 0.188 | 0.223 | 0.082 | 0.006 | 1.759 | 2.209 |
| 0.078 | 0.027 | |||||||||||||||||
Bold print indicates significant effects (p < 0.05).