Table 3.

Absolute and percentage change of total scores for both DERS and DAS after therapy in reference to the baseline scores.

Psychometric Parameter	Men (n = 20)	Women (n = 20)	U	P
Total score of DAS dyadic adjustment scale
Absolute change (points)	↑38.40± 8.57	↑59.65± 10.04	31.0*	< 0.001*
Percentage change (%)	↑48.89±14.73	↑72.87±10.86	32.0*	< 0.001*
Total score of DERS difficulty in emotion regulation
Absolute change (points)	↓30.75±17.27	↓45.50±22.61	121.5*	0.033*
Percentage change (%)	↓27.67±12.55	↓35.50±13.75	130.0	0.058

U: Mann Whitney test. P-value for comparisons between the two categories. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05.