Table 3.
Own role strain → Own satisfaction
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Partner role strain → Own satisfaction
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Variable | Coefficient | SE | ta | Effect size r | Coefficient | SE | ta | Effect size r |
Aim 1: Are rates of change in role strain associated with rates of change in marital satisfaction? | ||||||||
Husband | −1.21 | 0.56 | −2.18* | .22 | 0.60 | 0.58 | 1.04 | .10 |
Wife | 0.10 | 0.70 | 0.15 | .02 | 2.09 | 0.57 | 3.63*** | .34 |
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Aim 2: Does support adequacy moderate the association between change in role strain and marital satisfaction? | ||||||||
Husband’s role strain | −0.91 | 0.59 | −1.54 | .15 | 0.85 | 0.60 | 1.42 | .14 |
Support adequacyb | 0.00 | 0.02 | 30.04 | .00 | −0.02 | 0.02 | −1.26 | .13 |
Depression symptoms | −0.04 | 0.02 | −1.91 | .19 | −0.07 | 0.02 | −3.06*** | .30 |
Wife’s role strain | 0.10 | 0.77 | 0.13 | .01 | 1.70 | 0.59 | 2.89** | .28 |
Support adequacyc | 0.03 | 0.01 | 3.15*** | .30 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 2.54* | .25 |
Depression symptoms | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.10 | .11 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.97 | .10 |
Note. Effect size r = √[t2/(t2 + df)]. Significant findings relevant to specific hypotheses are in bold.
Aim 1 df = 100; Aim 2 df = 98.
Adequacy of support provided by wives to husbands (as a moderator).
Adequacy of support provided by husbands to wives (as a moderator).
p < .05.
p < .01.
p < .005.