Table 4.
Prospective analyses results examining the moderation between spouses’ baseline caregiving burden (financial strain and lack of family support) and social role predicting distress at 6-month follow-up while controlling for baseline distress and dyadic adjustment.
| Outcome: 6-Month Follow-Up Distress (N=108 Couples) | |||||||||
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| Financial Strain | Lack of Family Support | ||||||||
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| Baseline Variables | B | SE | t | r | Baseline Variables | B | SE | t | r |
| Intercept | 0.43 | 0.03 | Intercept | 0.43 | 0.03 | ||||
| Distress | 0.56 | 0.07 | 8.12*** | .33 | Distress | 0.58 | 0.07 | 8.18*** | .53 |
| Dyadic adjustment | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.34 | Dyadic adjustment | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | ||
| Financial strain | −0.02 | 0.03 | −0.58 | Lack of support | −0.01 | 0.05 | −0.27 | ||
| Role | −0.05 | 0.04 | −1.13 | Role | −0.06 | 0.04 | −1.38 | ||
| Financial strain × Role | 0.10 | 0.04 | 2.49* | .26 | Lack of support × Role | 0.11 | 0.06 | 1.64+ | .18 |
Notes:
+
p < 0.10
*
p=0.05
**
p <0.05
***
p < 0.01.
B, raw coefficient; SE, Standard Error, Role, Social Role (patient=1, spouse=0). Lack of support, Lack of family support; Effect size r=[t2/(t2+df)]1/2. B, raw coefficient;