Figure 3.

Visual depictions of interactions predicting post-discussion positive emotion. Error bars are ±1 standard error. Figure 3A: Wives (p=0.001), but not husbands (p=0.94), had lower positive emotion after the lab discussions if they reported greater mutual discussion avoidance. Figure 3B: Wives, but not husbands, had higher positive emotion after the lab discussions if they reported greater mutual constructive communication and used fewer negative discussion behaviors compared to more negative behaviors (p=0.003) or less mutual constructive communication (p=0.005). Figure 3C: Wives’, but not husbands’, positive emotion was lower in those reporting greater husband demand/wife withdraw patterns and using more positive discussion behaviors during lab discussions compared to less frequent husband demand/wife withdraw patterns (p=0.003) or fewer positive discussion behaviors (p=0.001).