Table 3.

Comparison of depressive symptoms, active engagement, and protective buffering by survivor sex (n = 49 survivors).

Variable	Female SVRs M ± SD	Male SVRs M ± SD	t statistic	Cohen’s d
SVR depressive symptoms	16.3 ± 11.7	13.3 ± 9.8	−0.86	−0.27
Partner depressive symptoms	12.1 ± 7.8	13.4 ± 14.6	0.313	0.13
SVR active engagement	12.8 ± 5.3	14.4 ± 2.6	2.37*	0.57
Partner active engagement	12.9 ± 3.6	13.9 ± 4.3	0.85	0.27
SVR protective buffering	10.4 ± 5.1	6.9 ± 3.6	−2.37*	−0.74
Partner protective buffering	7.5 ± 3.6	6.8 ± 4.3	−0.60	−0.19

SVR, survivor.

^*p < 0.05.