Table 3.
Within-Couple Fixed-Effect Estimates from a Dyadic Multilevel Model of Daily Intimacy Regressed on Perceived Partner Responsiveness to Capitalization and Social Support Attempts (N = 99 couples, days = 826)
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| Fixed effects (intercept, slopes) | Estimate (SE) | Standardized estimatea | p-value | Lower | Upper | |
| P Intercept | 3.91 (0.11) | <.001 | 3.70 | 4.11 | ||
| S Intercept | 3.54 (0.11) | <.001 | 3.33 | 3.76 | ||
| Within-Couple Actor Effects | ||||||
| P PPR to Cap Slope | 0.14b (0.04) | 0.20 | .002 | 0.05 | 0.22 | |
| S PPR to Cap Slope | 0.14b (0.04) | 0.19 | .002 | 0.05 | 0.22 | |
| P PPR to SS Slope | 0.16c (0.03) | 0.23 | <.001 | 0.10 | 0.22 | |
| S PPR to SS Slope | 0.16c (0.04) | 0.22 | <.001 | 0.10 | 0.22 | |
| P Best Event Positivity Slope | 0.09 (0.04) | 0.13 | .046 | 0.002 | 0.17 | |
| S Best Event Positivity Slope | 0.10 (0.06) | 0.14 | .067 | -0.01 | 0.20 | |
| P Worst Event Negativity Slope | -0.04 (0.02) | -0.06 | .059 | -0.08 | 0.001 | |
| S Worst Event Negativity Slope | -0.03 (0.02) | -0.04 | .203 | -0.08 | 0.02 | |
| Within-Couple Partner Effects | ||||||
| P PPR to Cap Slope | 0.04d (0.04) | 0.04 | .395 | -0.05 | 0.12 | |
| S PPR to Cap Slope | 0.04d (0.04) | 0.05 | .395 | -0.05 | 0.12 | |
| P PPR to SS Slope | 0.12e (0.03) | 0.16 | <.001 | 0.07 | 0.18 | |
| S PPR to SS Slope | 0.12e (0.03) | 0.17 | <.001 | 0.07 | 0.18 | |
| P Best Event Positivity Slope | 0.06 (0.04) | 0.08 | .149 | -0.02 | 0.14 | |
| S Best Event Positivity Slope | -0.03 (0.04) | -0.04 | .528 | -0.11 | 0.06 | |
| P Worst Event Negativity Slope | -0.02 (0.03) | -0.03 | .401 | -0.07 | 0.03 | |
| S Worst Event Negativity Slope | -0.06 (0.02) | -0.09 | .015 | -0.10 | -0.01 | |
Note. P=Patient; S=Spouse; PPR=Perceived Partner Responsiveness; Cap = Capitalization; SS = Social Support. All p-values are two-tailed. Although not displayed, time (i.e., day) and the patient-spouse covariances for the upper- and lower-level random effects were included in the model. Intraclass correlations were 0.65 for patient intimacy and 0.63 for spouse intimacy.
Standardized slope estimates are in standard deviation metric of the outcome (i.e., fixed estimate divided by within-couple SD of the outcome).
Patient and spouse estimates were constrained to be equal, supported by nonsignificant differences in nested chi-square tests of model fit.