Table 3.
Regression Coefficients (and Standard Errors) from Models Estimating the Effects of T1 Marital Quality on Change in Psychological Well-Being T1–T2: U.S. Adults Age 24– 96 in 1986 a
| 1994 Depression | T2 Life Satisfaction | |||||||
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| Marital Harmony | Marital Stress | Marital Harmony | Marital Stress | |||||
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| Independent variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | Model 7 | Model 8 |
| Marital quality T1 | ||||||||
| Marital harmony | −.178*** (.030) |
−.190*** (.045) |
--- --- |
--- --- |
.406*** (.031) |
.405*** (.051) |
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| Marital harmony X female | --- --- |
.017 (.039) |
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--- --- |
--- --- |
.002 (.042) |
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--- --- |
| Marital stress | --- --- |
--- --- |
.269*** (.035) |
.263*** (.047) |
--- --- |
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−.416*** (.040) |
−.424*** (.054) |
| Marital stress X female | --- --- |
--- --- |
--- --- |
.008 (.038) |
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--- --- |
--- --- |
.009 (.039) |
| Marital quality Δ T1–T2 | ||||||||
| Marital harmony change | −.173*** (.023) |
−.173*** (.023) |
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.286*** (.022) |
.286*** (.022) |
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| Marital stress change | --- --- |
--- --- |
.202*** (.024) |
.202*** (.024) |
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−.236*** (.026) |
−.236* (.026) |
| T1 value of dependent variable | .555*** (.029) |
.556*** (.029) |
.547*** (.029) |
.546*** (.029) |
.349*** (.030) |
.349*** (.030) |
.409*** (.028) |
.409*** (.028) |
| Female | −.029 (.037) |
−.028 (.036) |
.005 (.034) |
.005 (.033) |
.166*** (.041) |
.166*** (.040) |
.078* (.039) |
.078* (.039) |
| Constant | 1.078*** (.247) |
1.074*** (.246) |
1.045*** (.234) |
1.046*** (.233) |
.105 (.292) |
.105 (.291) |
.250 (.285) |
.251 (.285) |
| N (observations) | 2,492 | 2,492 | 2,477 | 2,477 | 2,485 | 2.485 | 2,485 | 2,485 |
*
p ≤ .05
**
p ≤ .01
***
p ≤ .001 (two-tailed tests)
a
All models include controls for the following sociodemographic variables, measured at T1: income, employment status, race, age, age-squared, education, marital duration, and the presence of a minor child in the home. Also included is a control for months between the T1 and T2 measurement.