Table 4.
Results From Dynamic Structural Equation Models Including Shared Problematic Behavior and Daily Relationship Functioning (Study 1: N = 82 Couples, Study 2: N = 117 Couples).
| Study 1 | Study 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Closeness | Relationship satisfaction | Closeness | Relationship satisfaction | |||||
| Variable | b (Posterior SD) | 95% CI [LL; UL] | b (Posterior SD) | 95% CI [LL; UL] | b (Posterior SD) | 95% CI [LL; UL] | b (Posterior SD) | 95% CI [LL; UL] |
| Autoregressive paths male/female | ||||||||
| Shared Probl. Behavior t–1
– Shared Probl. Behaviort (α1) |
0.74 (0.06)/ 0.72 (0.03) |
[0.62, 0.83]/ [0.66, 0.79] |
0.75 (0.04)/ 0.71 (0.05) |
[0.67, 0.83]/ [0.60, 0.78] |
0.24 (0.02)/ 0.24 (0.02) |
[0.19, 0.28]/ [0.19, 0.28] |
0.24 (0.02)/ 0.24 (0.02) |
[0.20, 0.29]/ [0.20, 0.28] |
| Daily Rel. Functioningt–1
– Daily Rel. Functioningt (β1) |
0.02 (0.06)/ 0.13 (0.05) |
[–0.12, 0.13]/ [0.01, 0.22] |
0.13 (0.05)/ 0.18 (0.05) |
[0.03, 0.23]/ [0.09, 0.29] |
0.17 (0.02)/ 0.21 (0.03) |
[0.13, 0.22]/ [0.15, 0.25] |
0.16 (0.02)/ 0.20 (0.03) |
[0.12, 0.21]/ [0.15, 0.25] |
| Cross-lagged paths male/female | ||||||||
| Daily Rel. Functioningt–1
– Shared Probl. Behaviort (α2) |
–0.08 (0.05)/ –0.11 (0.05) |
[–0.17, 0.03]/ [–0.20, –0.02] |
–0.05 (0.04)/ –0.06 (0.04) |
[–0.14, 0.02]/ [–0.14, 0.04] |
0.01 (0.02)/ –0.01 (0.03) |
[–0.04, 0.06]/ [–0.07, 0.03] |
0.02 (0.02)/ –0.01 (0.02) |
[–0.02, 0.07]/ [–0.06, 0.03] |
| Shared Probl. Behaviort–1
– Daily Rel. Functioningt (β2) |
0.23 (0.07)/ 0.07 (0.05) |
[0.06, 0.34]/ [–0.04, 0.17] |
0.14 (0.05)/ 0.16 (0.05) |
[0.04, 0.23]/ [0.06, 0.28] |
0.06 (0.02)/ 0.08 (0.02) |
[0.02, 0.11]/ [0.03, 0.12] |
0.07 (0.03)/ 0.07 (0.02) |
[0.02, 0.12]/ [0.03, 0.11] |
| Residual variances within male/female | ||||||||
| Shared Probl. Behavior | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.91/0.91 | [0.87, 0.94]/ [0.87, 0.94] |
0.90/0.90 | [0.86, 0.94]/ [0.87, 0.94] |
| Daily Rel. Functioning | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.81/0.78 | [0.78, 0.84]/ [0.74, 0.81] |
0.79/0.77 | [0.76, 0.82]/ [0.73, 0.81] |
| Within-level R2 male/female | ||||||||
| Shared Probl. Behavior | .63/.63 | [.51, .71]/ [.57, .71] |
.64/.62 | [.55, .73]/ [.54, .69] |
.09/.09 | [.06, .13]/ [.06, .13] |
.10/.10 | [.06, .14]/ [.06, .13] |
| Daily Rel. Functioning | .28/.25 | [.22, .35]/ [.18, .31] |
.25/.28 | [.19, .30]/ [.22, .34] |
.18/.22 | [.16, .22]/ [.19, .26] |
.21/.23 | [.18, .24]/ [.19, .27] |
Note. Results from Mplus MCMC Bayes estimation, significance (in bold) is based on the Credibility Interval (CI) not containing zero. b = averaged individually standardized estimate; CI = credibility interval; LL = lower level; UL = upper level; Probl. = problematic; Rel. = relationship.