Table 2.
Husbands and Wives Total, Positive, and Negative Behaviors Over Time: Dyadic Latent Growth Curve Models (N=87)
| Model Fit | Intercept | Slope | Slope Loadings (M) | |||||
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| χ2 (df), p | M | σ 2 | M | σ 2 | T1 | T2 | T3 | |
| Husbands | ||||||||
| Total Emotion a,b | .019 (1), p = .89 | .457*** | .013 | −.069*** | .001 | .000 | .156 | .397 |
| Positive Speaker a,b,c | 1.31 (3), p = .73 | .107*** | .004*** | .015** | ||||
| Positive Listener a,b,c | 3.85 (3), p = .28 | .036*** | .001*** | .010*** | ||||
| Negative Speaker a,b | .211 (2), p = .65 | .349*** | .029* | −.084*** | .002 | .000 | .187 | .529 |
| Negative Listener a,b | 4.187 (2), p = .12 | .049*** | .003*** | −.012*** | .001*** | .000 | .387 | 1.462 |
| Wives | ||||||||
| Total Emotion a,b | 3.40 (1), p = .07 | .459*** | .021* | −.051*** | .008 | .000 | .447 | 1.018 |
| Positive Speaker a,b | .342 (1), p = .56 | .103*** | .005** | .012* | .001 | .000 | .357 | .857 |
| Positive Listener a,b | .003 (1), p = .96 | .041*** | .002*** | .006* | .000* | .000 | .385 | .876 |
| Negative Speaker a,b | 2.17 (1), p = .14 | .361*** | .034** | −.067*** | .010 | .000 | .433 | 1.054 |
| Negative Listener a,b | 13.00 (2), p < .01 | .042*** | .002*** | −.009*** | .001*** | .000 | .471 | 1.602 |
Note. Results for total emotion, positive emotion, and negative emotion are based on a series of dyadic latent growth curve models conducted for husbands and wives separately. Error variances ranged from nonsignificant to significant.
a
Linear LGM with slope loadings set to [0;1;2].
b
Residual variances set equal across time.
c
Slope Variances set to [0].
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001