Variable

Group

Type

Mean

Adjusted mean

SD

Adjusted SD

Marital adjustment

Dyadic satisfaction ‎

Experimental

Pretest

29.00

41.26

3.04

1.42

Posttest

40.42

6.24

Control

Pretest

32.92

33.15

4.01

1.42

Posttest

34.08

4.83

Dyadic cohesion

Experimental

Pretest

10.92

17.62

2.23

0.92

Posttest

17.83

4.26

Control

Pretest

13.25

13.87

2.66

0.92

Posttest

13.67

2.06

Dyadic consensus ‎

Experimental

Pretest

13.92

50.45

8.36

1.85

Posttest

48.50

5.50

Control

Pretest

40.58

41.30

6.17

1.85

Posttest

41.50

4.89

Affectional expression

Experimental

Pretest

8.75

13.93

2.63

0.71

Posttest

13.33

2.57

Control

Pretest

10.00

10.72

1.80

0.71

Posttest

10.67

1.49