Table 2.

Results From Bivariate Latent Difference Score Model Examining Longitudinal Coupling Between Husbands’ and Wives’ Depressive Symptoms

Parameter Estimates	Depressive Symptoms
	Husbands	Wives
Intercept
Mean	.47 (.03)**	.64 (.04)**
Variance	.16 (.02)**	.32 (.04)**
Slope
Mean	.02 (.04)	−.04 (.05)
Variance	.01 (.01)*	.02 (.01)**
Proportional coefficient
β	−.12 (.08)	−.04 (.07)
Coupling coefficient
γ	.00 (.03)	.10 (.05)*
Fit indices
χ2	63.82
df	37
χ2/df	1.73
CFI	.97
RMSEA (90% CI)	.05 (.03–.07)

Note. Unstandardized parameter estimates are presented with the standard error in parentheses.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.