Table 4.
Associations between Total Narcissism and Marital Satisfaction and Marital Problems Trajectories
| Intercept |
Linear Slope |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (SE) | t ratio | Effect size r | Estimate (SE) | t ratio | Effect size r | |
| Husbands | ||||||
| Marital satisfaction | ||||||
| Husband TOT | −0.03 (0.09) | −0.29 | 0.02 | 0.02 (0.02) | 0.87 | 0.07 |
| Wife TOT | 0.08 (0.08) | 1.06 | 0.09 | −0.06 (0.02) | −2.79** | 0.23 |
| Marital problems | ||||||
| Husband TOT | −0.23 (0.39) | −0.58 | 0.05 | −0.04 (0.07) | −0.56 | 0.05 |
| Wife TOT | −0.04 (0.34) | −0.12 | 0.01 | 0.17 (0.08) | 2.20* | 0.18 |
| Wives | ||||||
| Marital satisfaction | ||||||
| Husband TOT | −0.04 (0.07) | −0.57 | 0.05 | 0.01 (0.02) | 0.43 | 0.04 |
| Wife TOT | 0.07 (0.07) | 0.91 | 0.08 | −0.04 (0.02) | −2.24* | 0.19 |
| Marital problems | ||||||
| Husband TOT | 0.52 (0.31) | 1.68 | 0.14 | −0.05 (0.07) | −0.70 | 0.06 |
| Wife TOT | −0.20 (0.28) | −0.73 | 0.06 | 0.15 (0.07) | 2.23* | 0.19 |
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
N = 143 couples. df = 140 for husbands and wives. Effect size r = sqrt [t2/(t2 + df)].