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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2022 Nov 24;149:105989. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105989

Table 1.

Correlations Among Study Variables

Total D/W Husband demand/wife withdraw Wife demand/husband withdraw Roles in D/W MDA MCC Coded positive behavior Coded negative behavior Base. IL-6 Wound healing (TEWL AUC) NE PE DE
Total demand/withdraw (D/W) -
Husband demand/wife withdraw 0.73*** -
Wife demand/husband withdraw 0.83*** 0.22*** -
Roles in demand/withdraw 0.19*** −0.53*** 0.71*** -
Mutual discussion avoidance (MDA) 0.30*** 0.16** 0.29*** 0.14** -
Mutual constructive communication (MCC) −0.35*** −0.04 −0.47** −0.38*** −0.34*** -
Coded positive behavior −0.11 −0.13* −0.05 0.05 −0.11 0.05 -
Coded negative behavior 0.17** 0.10 0.16** 0.07 −0.03 −0.13* 0.04 -
Baseline IL-6 0.17* 0.13 0.13 0.03 0.04 −0.08 −0.23** 0.15* -
Wound healing (TEWL AUC) −0.13 −0.11 −0.11 −0.02 0.19** −0.08 −0.06 0.01 0.01 -
Negative emotion (NE) 0.19** 0.13* 0.17** 0.06 0.09 −0.16** −0.02 0.21** −0.01 −0.004 -
Positive emotion (PE) −0.07 −0.09 −0.03 0.04 −0.12 0.07 0.21** −0.20** 0.06 0.04 −0.09 -
Discussion evaluation (DE) −0.28*** −0.15* −0.28*** −0.13* −0.05 0.29*** 0.13* −0.50*** −0.17* 0.000 −0.39*** 0.32*** -
*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001