Table 2.

Results from Bivariate Latent Difference Score Models of the Association between Marital Conflict and Depressive Symptoms

	Wives: Conflict → Symptoms Model		Husbands: No Coupling Model
Parameter Estimates	Conflict	Depressive Symptoms	Conflict	Depressive Symptoms
Initial Status (Intercept)
Mean	(--)	.74 (.09)^**	(--)	.44 (.07)^**
Variance	(--)	.32 (.04)^**	(--)	.16 (.02_^**
Additive Coefficient (Linear Slope)
Mean	(-- )	.14 (.05)^**	(--)	.06 (.04)
Variance	(--)	.02 (.01)^**	(--)	.01 (.01)^**
Proportional Coefficient
β	-.01 (.03)	-.16 (.04)^**	.01 (.03)	-.22 (.05)^**
Coupling Parameters
γ	(--)	.02 (.01)^*	(--)	(--)
Goodness of Fit Indices
χ²	51.92		41.81
df	19		20
χ²/df	2.73		2.09
NFI	.94		.95
CFI	.96		.97
RMSEA	.08		.06
AIC	83.92		71.81

Note, Unstandardized parameter estimates presented with standard error in parentheses.

(--) = parameter not estimated in model;

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.