Table 4. Personality Characteristics, Stress, and Adaptive Processes Distinguish Among Husbands' and Wives' Trajectory Groups (N = 344 spouses).

	Characteristics
Group	Personality	Stress	Aggression	Negative Affect	Positive Affect
Husbands (n = 172)
Substantial decline–low	0.94	0.89	0.96	0.33	−0.52
Substantial decline–moderate	0.33	0.28	0.03	0.30	−0.39
Minimal decline–moderate	0.33	0.16	0.30	0.17	−0.20
Minimal decline–moderately high	−0.27	−0.21	−0.35	−0.20	0.09
Stable–high	−0.55	−0.22	0.03	−0.08	0.66
F value	7.71***	3.75**	6.23***	1.78	4.57**
r2	0.16	0.08	0.13	0.04	0.10
Wives (n = 172)
Substantial decline–low	0.82	0.62	0.48	−0.03	−0.38
Substantial decline–moderate	0.41	0.66	0.84	0.86	−0.59
Minimal decline–moderate	0.44	0.27	0.39	0.08	−0.24
Minimal decline–moderately high	−0.14	−0.23	−0.23	−0.13	0.06
Stable–high	−0.52	−0.28	−0.52	−0.30	0.48
F value	7.49***	5.62***	10.97***	5.68***	5.50***
r2	0.16	0.12	0.21	0.12	0.12

Note: Cell values represent z-scores normed by sex.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.