Table 1.

Associations between Rates of Change in Under- & Overprovision of Received Support and Recipients’ Marital Satisfaction

Aim 2: Support Received➔Marital Satisfaction
	Underprovision➔Marital Satisfaction				Overprovision➔Marital Satisfaction				Under vs. Over
	Coefficient	SE	t(101)	Eff. size r	Coefficient	SE	t(101)	Eff. size r	χ2 (1)
Husbands	−7.52	1.92	−3.92****	.36	−18.73	6.52	−2.88**	.28	4.76*
Wives	−8.02	1.66	−4.84****	.43	−27.14	8.03	−3.38***	.31	5.00*
Aim 3: Types of Support Received➔Marital Satisfaction
	Underprovision➔Marital Satisfaction				Overprovision➔Marital Satisfaction				Under vs. Over
	Coefficient	SE	t(101)	Eff. size r	Coefficient	SE	t(101)	Eff. size r	χ2 (1)
Informational
Husbands	−1.28	0.74	−1.73	.17	−8.05	3.02	−2.67**	.26	5.03*
Wives	−3.69	0.96	−3.83****	.36	−8.82	2.43	−3.64***	.34	4.07*
Emotional
Husbands	−4.94	1.50	−3.29***	.31	−11.06	4.38	−2.53*	.24	1.78
Wives	−6.59	1.15	−5.73****	.50	−21.97	4.39	−5.01****	.45	11.37***
Esteem
Husbands	−5.58	1.10	−5.04****	.45	−7.09	5.24	−1.35	.13	.08
Wives	−2.99	0.86	−3.47***	.33	−17.95	12.98	−1.38	.14	1.30
Tangible
Husbands	−4.60	1.27	−3.62***	.34	−10.87	5.17	−2.10*	.21	1.33
Wives	−4.09	0.84	−4.85****	.43	−10.44	3.08	−3.39***	.32	4.14*

Note. Comparisons of the effects of under- vs. overprovision (χ² tests) were conducted using unstandardized regression coefficients;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .005;

^****p < .001.

Effect size r = √ [t² / (t² + df)].