Variable

G1 (n = 16)

G2 (n = 21)

G3 (n = 18)

G4 (n = 7)

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Wives

Rumination

4.21

0.47

3.98

0.72

2.96

0.62

2.90

0.50

Positive Verbalisation

2.44

0.91

2.53

0.61

3.35

0.84

3.05

0.52

Problem Solution

2.75

0.61

2.52

0.51

3.53

0.42

3.32

0.67

Neg. Emotion Expression

3.15

0.61

2.38

0.75

2.53

0.78

2.57

0.69

Neg. Palliation

3.00

0.66

3.04

0.79

2.02

0.65

2.38

0.52

Evasion

3.00

1.32

3.71

0.96

2.56

1.04

2.57

1.27

Husbands

Rumination

2.82

0.63

2.48

0.74

3.86

0.50

3.40

0.61

Positive Verbalisation

3.35

0.74

3.24

1.04

2.33

0.89

2.14

0.38

Problem Solution

3.17

0.55

3.02

0.83

2.60

0.63

2.61

0.78

Neg. Emotion Expression

2.15

0.67

1.73

0.42

2.45

0.73

2.48

0.50

Neg. Palliation

2.10

0.70

1.93

0.64

2.81

0.74

2.52

0.94

Evasion

2.94

0.93

2.90

1.22

3.89

1.02

3.71

1.11