Table 3.

The Effect of Positive Engagement on Couples’ Relationship Satisfaction

	Women’s Satisfaction				Men’s Satisfaction
Predictor	Estimate	SE	t(df)	p	Estimate	SE	t(df)	p
Men’s Topic
Level 1 Effects
1. Women’s positive engagement	5.60	3.25	1.72 (734)	.08	11.42	3.24	3.52 (734)	.00
2. Men’s positive engagement	4.23	4.32	0.98 (734)	.33	1.02	4.30	0.24 (734)	.81
Level 2 Effects(Positive engagement as predictor averaged across four time points)
3. Intercept (sample average T4)	51.94	1.22	42.37 (43)	.00	50.40	1.00	50.33 (43)	.00
4. Women’s positive engagement	39.05	17.98	2.17 (43)	.04	43.74	14.58	3.00 (43)	.00
5. Men’s positive engagement	45.47	26.26	1.73 (43)	.09	18.86	21.26	0.89 (43)	.38
6. Slope (average)	−0.10	0.36	−0.29 (44)	.78	−0.61	0.35	−1.76 (44)	.09
7. Women’s positive engagement	5.78	5.32	1.09 (44)	.28	−1.66	5.07	−0.33 (44)	.74
8. Men’s positive engagement	10.31	7.76	1.33 (44)	.19	11.65	7.40	1.58 (44)	.12
Women’s Topic
Level 1 Effects
9. Women’s positive engagement	9.57	3.63	2.63 (734)	.01	10.22	3.62	2.82 (734)	.00
10. Men’s positive engagement	−1.53	4.24	−0.36 (734)	.72	1.07	4.22	0.25 (734)	.80
Level 2 Effects
11. Intercept (sample average T4)	51.74	1.22	42.29 (43)	.00	50.43	1.00	50.58 (43)	.00
12. Women’s positive engagement	58.86	19.62	3.00 (43)	.01	64.49	15.81	4.08 (43)	.00
13. Men’s positive engagement	18.24	28.93	0.63 (43)	.53	−9.14	23.30	−0.39 (43)	.70
14. Slope (average)	−0.15	0.36	−0.41 (44)	.68	−0.67	0.33	−2.01 (44)	.05
15. Women’s positive engagement	9.04	5.80	1.56 (44)	.13	7.86	5.43	1.45 (44)	.15
16. Men’s positive engagement	0.54	8.52	0.06 (44)	.95	−0.31	7.97	−0.04 (44)	.97