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Table 2.

Multilevel second-order growth curve modeling results

Effect	Estimate	Standard error	95% CI
			Lower	Upper
Outcome: Patient fear of recurrence
Patient social constraints
Fixed effect^a	1.117*	0.538	0.062	2.171
Random effect (SD)	1.224	2.782	−3.955	6.95
Patient protective buffering
Fixed effect^b	1.102***	0.273	0.567	1.637
Random effect (SD)	1.437	2.427	−2.692	6.82
Time (months)
Fixed effect^c	−0.168**	0.050	−0.266	−0.070
Random effect (SD)	0.382	0.089	−0.029	0.321
Patient relationship quality^d	0.065^†	0.036	−0.006	0.137
Outcome: Spouse fear of recurrence
Spouse social constraints
Fixed effect^a	1.117*	0.538	0.062	2.171
Random effect (SD)	3.072	6.153	−2.623	21.497
Spouse protective buffering
Fixed effect^b	1.102***	0.273	0.567	1.637
Random effect (SD)	2.057^†	2.193	−0.067	8.529
Time (months)
Fixed effect^c	−0.168**	0.050	−0.266	−0.070
Random effect (SD)	0.333^†	0.067	−0.021	0.243
Spouse relationship quality^d	0.065^†	0.036	−0.006	0.137

Note. The fear of recurrence latent factors follow the same scale as their first indicators, the FCRI Severity subscale, which has a possible range of zero to 36. For random effects, confidence intervals are provided in variance units.

^a,b,c,dCorresponding coefficients constrained to be equal across partners.

^† p < .10.

*p < .05.

**p < .01.

***p < .001.