The third hypothesis was that the relationship between marital satisfaction, decisional conflict and distress would be mediated by social constraints on emotional expression.
Þriðja tilgátan var að tengslin milli ánægju í hjónabandi, vanda ákvarðana og streitu væru til komin (mediated) vegna áhrifa félagslegra hamla frá maka á tjáningu tilfinninga varðandi krabbameinið.