Table 4.

Results of mediation models to assess the mediating effect of yesterday’s goal progress to explain the relationship between yesterday’s secure base support and today’s well-being

Study 1: Newlywed sample	Total Indirect Effect	SE	Z	% of Total Effect Mediated
Psychological well-being	.56 [.40, .74]	.08	6.36**	22.79
Physical symptoms count	−.05 [−.07, −.03]	.01	−4.63**	27.79
Relational well-being	.28 [.17, .41]	.06	4.75**	9.81
Study 2: Aging sample	Total Indirect Effect	SE	Z	% of Total Effect Mediated
Psychological well-being	.56 [.40, .75]	.09	6.48**	28.80
Physical symptoms count	−.01[−.02, .00]	.01	−1.32	--
Sleep quality	.16 [−.07, .41]	.12	1.34	19.47
Relational well-being	.23 [.13, .34]	.06	4.18**	15.88

Note: Indirect effect estimates are pooled across husbands/wives; 95% confidence intervals are shown in brackets and were produced using Monte Carlo Estimation; percent of total effect mediated is estimated as the indirect effect divided by the total effect (i.e., the estimated indirect effect + the effect of secure base support controlling for goal progress); percent of total effect mediated is not reported when the direction of the indirect and total effect are opposite.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01