Table 7.

Interactive Effects of Negative Behavior and Initial Problem Severity on the Trajectory of Marital Satisfaction.

	Intercepts
	Study 1		Study 2		Both Studies
	B	r	B	r	B	r
Direct Negative Behavior	−3.192	−.10	−5.212	−.16**	−1.992	−.06
Blames	−7.472	−.08	−5.352	−.10	−1.482	−.02
Commands	−1.523w	−.27**	4.722	.04	−1.253w	−.20***
Rejections	−3.382	−.05	−2.903w	−.21***	−6.272	−.12**
Indirect Hostility	−2.672	−.09	−1.212	−.03	−2.322	−.07
	Slopes
	Study 1		Study 2		Both Studies
	B	r	B	r	B	r
Direct Negative Behavior	8.17	.14†	1.752w	.18**	1.062s2	.13**
Blames	2.272	.12†	4.402	.22***	1.772	.08†
Commands	3.002w	.33***	−4.852	−.06	2.762w	.19***
Rejections	6.45	.10	2.153w	.15**	1.972	.13**
Indirect Hostility	3.07	.06	−1.93	−.01	2.35	.03

Note. In Study 1, df = 136 for analyses involving direct, df = 131 for analyses involving wives’ commands, df = 134 for all other analyses. In Study 2, df = 258 for the analysis involving direct and the intercept, df = 253 for the analysis involving wives’ direct and wives’ slope as well as analyses involving wives’ rejections, and df = 256 for all other analyses. In Both Studies, df = 400 for analyses involving direct, df = 395 for analyses involving wives’ commands, df = 398 for all other analyses.

_w = effect only significant among wives. _s2 = effect stronger in Study 2.

^† = p < .10,

^* = p < .05,

^** = p < .01,

^*** = p < .001, one-tailed.