Table 2.

Means, Standard Deviations, and t-tests for the Study Variables by Study Phase.

	Phase 1 (n = 985)		Phase 2 (n = 606)
	M	SD	M	SD	t
Parenting stress	2.05	0.52	2.12	0.56	2.05**
Presence of meaning	5.29	1.10	5.19	1.10	1.77
Search for meaning	4.44	1.47	4.62	1.35	2.43**
Marital satisfaction	5.64	1.11	5.77	1.00	2.34*

^*p < .05.

^**p< .01.