Table 4.

Variance in Husbands’ and Wives’ Marital Satisfaction Slopes in No Predictor Models, Personality Intercept Predictor Models, and Personality Intercept and Slope Predictor Models

	Husbands’ Satisfaction Slope		Wives’ Satisfaction Slope
	Variance	% Total Variance Explained	Variance	% Total Variance Explained
Results for Extraversion
Model 1: No predictors	1.24	—	0.74	—
Model 2: Intercept predictors	1.24	0%	0.73	1%
Model 3: Intercept and slope predictors	1.23	1%	0.65	12%
Results for Agreeableness
Model 1: No predictors	1.24	—	0.74	—
Model 2: Intercept predictors	1.22	2%	0.65	12%
Model 3: Intercept and slope predictors	1.14	8%	0.54	27%
Results for Conscientiousness
Model 1: No predictors	1.24	—	0.74	—
Model 2: Intercept predictors	1.12	10%	0.58	22%
Model 3: Intercept and slope predictors	1.09	12%	0.54	27%
Results for Neuroticism
Model 1: No predictors	1.24	—	0.74	—
Model 2: Intercept predictors	1.24	0%	0.72	3%
Model 3: Intercept and slope predictors	0.76	39%	0.43	42%
Results for Openness
Model 1: No predictors	1.24	—	0.74	—
Model 2: Intercept predictors	1.05	15%	0.63	15%
Model 3: Intercept and slope predictors	0.88	29%	0.42	43%

Notes. Percent total variance explained represents the amount of variance explained by adding the predictors compared to the no predictor (empty) model [e.g., (no predictor model variance – intercept predictor model variance)/no predictor model variance].