Table 3.

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

	Husbands: Transactional Model		Wives: No Coupling Model
Parameter Estimates	Depressive Symptoms	Marital Satisfaction	Depressive Symptoms	Marital Satisfaction
Initial Status (Intercept)
Mean	.44 (.07)^**	109.48 (3.22)^**	.75 (.09)^**	109.88 (3.58)^**
Variance	.17 (.02)^**	398.93 (10.16)^**	.32 (.04)^**	504.07 (49.26)^**
Additive Coefficient (Linear Slope)
Mean	.26 (.11)^*	-1.63 (1.63)	.12 (.05)^*	-6.91 (1.69)^**
Variance	.01 (.01)^**	9.18 (8.22)	.02 (.01)^*	42.97 (1.69)^**
Proportional Coefficient
β	-.25 (.05)^**	(--)	-.14 (.04)^**	(--)
Coupling Parameters
γ	-.002 (.001)^*	-4.05 (1.99)^*	(--)	(--)
Goodness of Fit Indices
χ²	9.82		20.92
df	13		15
χ²/df	.76		1.39
NFI	.99		.98
CFI	1.00		.99
RMSEA	.00		.04
AIC	53.82		60.92

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

(--) = parameter not estimated in model

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.