Table 4.

Conditional and Joint Probabilities of Negative Communication and Relationship Satisfaction.

Negative Communication Trajectory	Relationship Satisfaction Trajectory
	1. Increasing (n = 52)	2. Moderate-Stable (n = 255)	3. High-Stable (n = 1171)	4. U-Curve (n = 88)
A) Probability of relationship satisfaction conditional on negative communication
1. Increasing (n = 357)	0.00	0.52	0.39	0.09
2. Low-stable (n = 658)	0.02	0.04	0.92	0.02
3. Decreasing (n = 293)	0.26	0.47	0.27	0.00
4. High-stable (n = 258)	0.14	0.74	0.00	0.12
B) Probability of negative communication conditional on relationship satisfaction
1. Increasing (n = 357)	0.00	0.13	0.57	0.30
2. Low-stable (n = 658)	0.37	0.05	0.23	0.35
3. Decreasing (n = 293)	0.18	0.73	0.09	0.00
4. High-stable (n = 258)	0.44	0.17	0.00	.39
C) Probability of joint relationship satisfaction and negative communication
1. Increasing (n = 357)	0.00	0.13	0.10	0.02
2. Low-stable (n = 658)	0.01	0.01	0.38	.01
3. Decreasing (n = 293)	0.05	0.08	0.05	0.00
4. High-stable (n = 258)	0.02	0.12	0.00	0.02

Note. N = 1566.