TABLE 2.

Sub-group analyses to test for moderation in the decrease in marital satisfaction (categorical moderators).

	Subgroup summary information				Q-test for heterogeneity
Moderator	g	95% CI	P	K	Q	P	K
First year
Satisfaction’s measure
DAS	–0.24	[–0.44, 0.05]	0.000	38	1.38	0.24	97
Other	–0.27	[–0.48, –0.07]	0.000	59
Second year
Satisfaction’s measure
DAS	–0.11	[–0.15, –0.03]	0.000	11	6.50	0.01	26
Other	–0.19	[–0.26, –0.12]	0.000	15

g, Hedge’s g; CI, confidence interval; P, level of statistical significance for the aggregated effect size or heterogeneity Q-test; K, number of samples in the moderator subgroup; Q, the Q-value for the heterogeneity Q-test for between-subgroup differences with K – 1 degrees of freedom.