Psychology: Research and Review
Table 4 Comparison between husbands and wives scores in the pre-test and the post-test
Pre-test | Post-test | Student’s t (df) | Effect size Cohen’s d | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | M (SD) | ||||
Marital quality1 | Husbands | 31.62 (8.55) | 28.65 (7.49) | 3.062 (39)** | 0.46 |
Wives | 29.93 (11.33) | 28.59 (10.43) | 1.189 (40) | 0.13 | |
Conflict frequency | Husbands | 2.17 (0.56) | 2.05 (0.64) | 1.036 (40) | 0.19 |
Wives | 2.21 (0.60) | 1.91 (0.53) | 4.152 (40)* | 0.63 | |
Conflict resolution | |||||
Positive resolution | Husbands | 3.26 (0.62) | 3.60 (0.65) | − 3.116 (39)** | 0.51 |
Wives | 3.34 (0.67) | 3.70 (0.56) | − 3.904 (40)* | 0.57 | |
Conflict engagement | Husbands | 2.38 (0.68) | 1.77 (0.59) | 4.528 (39)* | 0.67 |
Wives | 2.57 (0.75) | 1.77 (0.62) | 6.750 (40)* | 0.98 | |
Withdrawal | Husbands | 2.84 (0.75) | 2.17 (0.73) | 5.263 (39)* | 0.81 |
Wives | 2.69 (0.79) | 2.15 (0.73) | 5.412(40)* | 0.81 | |
Compliance | Husbands | 2.36 (0.75) | 2.19 (0.75) | 1.472(39) | 0.24 |
Wives | 2.29 (0.70) | 1.94 (0.69) | 3.019(40)** | 0.47 | |