Table 3.
Communication Multi-Trajectory Parameter Estimates
| Parameter estimate | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positivity | Negativity | Effectiveness | ||||||
| Multi-trajectory group | n | % | Intercept | Linear | Intercept | Linear | Intercept | Linear |
| Husbands | ||||||||
| Group 1 | 92 | 21 | 2.053 | -- | 2.502,3 | -- | 3.743 | −0.10 |
| Group 2 | 198 | 46 | 2.113 | -- | 1.721 | −0.05 | 4.003 | −0.13 |
| Group 3 | 141 | 33 | 2.891,2 | −0.06 | 1.641 | -- | 4.581,2 | -- |
| Wives | ||||||||
| Group 1 | 83 | 19 | 2.073 | -- | 2.612,3 | -- | 3.892,3 | −0.11 |
| Group 2 | 250 | 58 | 2.143 | -- | 1.761,3 | -- | 4.261,3 | −0.13 |
| Group 3 | 98 | 23 | 3.151,2 | −0.10 | 1.621,2 | -- | 4.721,2 | -- |
Note. N = 431 Couples. All intercepts are significantly different from zero at p < .001. All linear coefficients are significantly different from zero at p < .05. There were no significant quadratic parameters. Superscripts indicate significant (p < .05) contrasts between groups.