Table 6.

Main Effects of Negative Behavior on the Trajectory of Marital Satisfaction.

	Intercepts
	Study 1		Study 2		Both Studies
	B	r	B	r	B	r
Initial Problem Severity	−3.88	−.43***	−4.02	−.34***	−4.51	−.44***
Direct Negative Behavior	−7.992	−.13†	−7.422	−.12*	−8.932	−.13**
Blames	−1.293	−.10	−1.243	−.15**	−1.093	−.10*
Commands	−1.063	−.09	1.362	.01	−1.273	−.09*
Rejections	−1.433	−.10	−9.602	−.05	−1.453	−.09*
Indirect Hostility	−6.642	−.13†	−2.302	−.06	−3.772	−.08†
	Slopes
	Study 1		Study 2		Both Studies
	B	r	B	r	B	r
Initial Problem Severity	8.52−2	.36***	8.08−2	.01	0.50	.29***
Direct Negative Behavior	2.48	.02	−1.032	−.05	2.38	.01
Blames	−1.152	−.04	7.33	.03	−4.09	−.01
Commands	9.04	.05	−9.102	−.09†	8.21	.03
Rejections	1.192	.04	−4.712	−.04	1.012	.02
Indirect Hostility	−2.26	−.03	−1.002	−.04	−4.69	−.04

Note. In Study 1, df = 139 for all effects. In Study 2, df = 261 for all effects. In both Studies, df = 403 for all effects. All effects are univariate with the exception that the tests in Studies 1 and 2 controlled for sex and tests in the analyses that collapsed across both studies controlsled for sex and study.

^† = p < .10,

^* = p < .05,

^** = p < .01, one-tailed.