Table 6.

Standardized Polynomial Regression Coefficients and Response Surface Parameters of Actor- and Partner Personality Predicting General Well-Being

	Extraversion	Neuroticism	Agreeableness	Conscientiousness	Openness
Polynomial Regression Parameters
b1 Actor	.24** [.22, .26]	−.26** [−.28, −.24]	.18** [.16, .20]	.20** [.18, .22]	.16** [.14, .18]
b2 Partner	.08** [.06, .09]	−.10** [−.11, −.08]	.03* [.01, .06]	.11** [.08, .13]	.06** [.04, .08]
b3 Actor2	−.01 [−.02, .00]	−.02** [−.04, −.01]	.01 [−.01, .02]	−.02** [−.04, −.01]	−.02** [−.04, −.01]
b4 Actor* Partner	.02 [.00, .04]	.00 [−.02, −.02]	.02* [.00, .04]	.03* [.00, .05]	.04** [.02, .06]
b5 Partner2	−.02** [−.04, −.01]	.00 [−.02, −.01]	−.02** [−.04, −.01]	−0.01 [−.02, .01]	−.02** [−.04, −.01]
Response Surface Parameters
a1 (b1 + b2)	.31** [.28, .34]	−.35** [−.38, −.32]	.21** [.17, .25]	.31** [.27, .34]	.22** [.19, .25]
a2 (b3 + b4 + b5)	−.02 [−.05, .01]	−.02 [−.05, −.00]	.01 [−.02, .03]	.00 [−.03, .02]	.00 [−.03, .02]
a3 (b1 – b2)	.16** [.14, .18]	−.16** [−.19, −.14]	.15** [.12, .18]	.10** [.07, .12]	.10** [.08, .13]
a4 (b3 – b4 + b5)	−.05** [−.08, −.02]	−.02 [−.06, −.01]	−.04** [−.07, −.01]	−.05** [−.09, −.02]	−.08** [−.12, −.04]
a5 (b3 – b5)	.01 [.00, .03]	−.02* [−.03, −.00]	.03** [.01, .05]	−0.02 [−.03, .01]	.00 [−.02, .01]
Similarity effect?	No, a3 ≠ 0	No, a3 ≠ 0 and a4 = 0	No, a3 ≠ 0 and a5 ≠ 0	No, a3 ≠ 0	No, a3 ≠ 0

Note. The 95% confidence intervals are represented within brackets. All polynomial models included control variables.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01