Table 3: Differences in the levels of husbands and wives for their perceptions of being emotionally abused.

 

Husbands (n = 177)

 

Wives (n=139)

 

 

95% CI

Variable

M

SD

%

M

SD

%

t

p

LL

UL

Emotional Abuse

51.24

39.64

26.24

40.37

34.85

20.59

2.55

0.011

2.48

19.25

Restrictive Engulfment

15.80

11.18

32.24

10.63

9.41

21.69

4.37

0.000

2.84

7.50

Denigration

10.53

11.72

21.49

9.17

11.34

18.71

1.03

0.301

1.22

3.93

Hostile Withdrawal

16.37

11.30

33.41

13.25

10.76

27.04

2.49

0.013

0.65

5.59

Dominance Intimidation

8.51

10.84

17.37

7.30

10.19

14.90

1.01

0.313

1.14

3.56

CI: Confidence Interval, LL: Lower Limit, UL: Upper Limit.