Table 3.

Adequacy of Support Moderating the Link Between Role Strain and Marital Satisfaction: Main and Moderating Effects

	Own role strain → Own satisfaction				Partner role strain → Own satisfaction
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
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.

^aAim 1 df = 100; Aim 2 df = 98.

^bAdequacy of support provided by wives to husbands (as a moderator).

^cAdequacy of support provided by husbands to wives (as a moderator).

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .005.