There are several potential limitations of this study that may affect the interpretation and generalizability of our findings. First, all information came from the self-report of the participant, which is subject to mood-state distortions; it is possible that elevated feelings of negative affect or negative feelings toward one’s spouse biased the participants responses to the measures. It will be important to replicate these findings with spouse, observer, or laboratory based measures of marital quality and informant or clinician report of pathology. We must suggest that, given the notable confidence intervals around the moderation parameters in the final model, these results should be replicated in future studies.
