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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: GeroPsych (Bern). 2014 Sep;27(3):115–127. doi: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000110

Table 4.

Model 2: Simplified SPSS mixed model with actor, partner, and role interaction predicting depressive symptoms

B SE
Intercept 9.95** 0.99
Role 0.86 0.47
Support 1.01 1.35
Feedback −2.57 1.45
Actor age − .20 0.07
Partner age 0.13 0.07
Actor anxiety 1.03 0.68
Partner anxiety −0.44 0.67
Actor avoidance 2.14** 0.66
Partner avoidance 1.16 0.66
Role * actor anxiety −0.67 0.61
Role * partner anxiety −0.41 0.59
Role * actor avoidance 0.75 0.58
Role * partner avoidance −1.12 0.58
Actor anxiety * partner anxiety 0.95 0.83
Actor avoidance * partner avoidance 1.22 0.90
Partner anxiety * partner avoidance −1.70** 0.57
Actor anxiety * actor avoidance − .68 0.58
Actor anxiety * partner avoidance −1.70 0.59
Partner anxiety * actor avoidance −0.73 0.62
Role * actor anxiety * partner anxiety −1.37* 0.62

Note. All independent variables were centered on the mean and simultaneously entered into the models. There were no significant actor X partner interactions predicting marital satisfaction.

**

p < .01,

*

p < .05.

The explained variance for depressive symptoms was 16.1%.