Table 3.

Unique Effects of Husbands’ and Wives’ Self- and Partner-Rated Psychopathic Traits on Observed Communication

	Husbands’ Communication			Wives’ Communication
	Β (SE)	t ratio	Effect size r	Β (SE)	t ratio	Effect size r
Results for Positive Affect
Husband psychopathy (self-rated)	0.15 (0.18)	0.87	0.07	0.17 (0.16)	1.01	0.08
Wife psychopathy (self-rated)	−0.14 (0.13)	−1.07	0.08	−0.17 (0.13)	−1.28	0.10
Husband psychopathy rated by wives	−0.05 (0.09)	−0.59	0.05	−0.08 (0.09)	−0.87	0.07
Wife psychopathy rated by husbands	−0.27 (0.10)	−2.65**	0.20	−0.26 (0.11)	−2.46*	0.19
Results for Negative Affect Affect
Husband psychopathy (self-rated)	0.37 (0.31)	1.19	0.09	0.27 (0.35)	0.77	0.06
Wife psychopathy (self-rated)	−0.21 (0.26)	−0.79	0.06	0.33 (0.38)	0.88	0.07
Husband psychopathy rated by wives	0.59 (0.23)	2.52*	0.19	1.14 (0.39)	2.93**	0.22
Wife psychopathy rated by husbands	0.73 (0.28)	2.64**	0.20	0.63 (0.31)	2.08*	0.16

Notes. Husbands’ and wives’ psychopathic traits were grand-mean centered. Self- and partner-ratings were examined simultaneously. N = 170 couples. df = 165 for all analyses. Effect size r = sqrt [t²/(t² + df)].

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.