Table 3.

Actor and Partner Effects of Cognitive Impairment on Social Relationships

	Wives’ report		Husbands’ report
Model 1: marriage quality (N = 953 couples)	Support	Strain	Support	Strain
Wives
Mild cognitive impairment	0.13	−0.02	−0.07	0.05
Dementia	0.19	−0.10	−0.12	−0.20
Husbands
Mild cognitive impairment	−0.07	0.06	0.11	0.00
Dementia	−0.08	0.12	0.13	−0.19
Model 2: family quality (N = 953 couples)
Wives
Mild cognitive impairment	−0.09	−0.04	0.14	0.08
Dementia	−0.13	−0.27*	0.18	0.07
Husbands
Mild cognitive impairment	0.21*	0.02	−0.17	−0.07
Dementia	0.17	−0.05	−0.11	0.05
Model 3: friendship quality (N = 953 couples)
Wives
Mild cognitive impairment	−0.20	0.00	0.06	0.06
Dementia	−0.42	−0.02	0.01	0.12
Husbands
Mild cognitive impairment	0.28*	0.01	0.16	−0.09*
Dementia	0.01	−0.05	−0.08	−0.12
Model 4: volunteering (N = 781 couples)	Frequency of social participation
Wives
Mild cognitive impairment	−0.62**		−0.08
Dementia	−0.45		0.37
Husbands
Mild cognitive impairment	0.04		−0.42
Dementia	0.03		−0.63*
Model 5: attending meetings of organized groups (N = 780 couples)
Wives
Mild cognitive impairment	−0.41		0.02
Dementia	−0.48		−0.14
Husbands
Mild cognitive impairment	−0.11		−0.54
Dementia	−0.12		−0.88**
Model 6: religious attendance (N = 953 couples)
Wives
Mild cognitive impairment	−0.03		0.08
Dementia	−0.02		−0.15
Husbands
Mild cognitive impairment	−0.11		0.02
Dementia	0.34		0.33
Model 7: socializing with friends/relatives (N = 785 couples)
Wives
Mild cognitive impairment	−0.22		−0.07
Dementia	−0.20		−0.43
Husbands
Mild cognitive impairment	0.00		0.20
Dementia	0.01		0.26

Note: The reference category in all cases is “no cognitive impairment.” Boldfaced values are partner effects, and values in regular type are actor effects. All analyses are adjusted for wives’ and husbands’ respective age, education, race/ethnicity, and depression.

*p < .05. **p < .01.