. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 29.

Published in final edited form as: Fam Process. 2020 Nov 27;60(4):1331–1346. doi: 10.1111/famp.12617

Table 4.

Models testing Negative and Positive Dyadic Coping as Mediator of Association between Parenting Stress and Couple Relationship Satisfaction

	Negative Dyadic Coping			Positive Dyadic Coping

	Model 1 (step 1)	Model 2 (step 2)	Model 3 (step 3)	Model 1 (step 1)	Model 2 (step 2)	Model 3 (step 3)
Dependent Variable	Couple Relationship Satisfaction	Negative DC	Couple Relationship Satisfaction	Couple Relationship Satisfaction	Positive DC	Couple Relationship Satisfaction

Predictor Variables

Intercept	135.79 (8.30)	11.98 (1.24)	184.79 (6.76)	135.23 (8.31)	71.29 (2.87)	−8.96 (9.78)
Parental stress (level 2)	−1.06 (0.22)^**	0.29 (0.04)^**	0.00 (0.20)	−1.05 (0.23)^**	−0.40 (0.08)^**	−0.22 (0.15)
Parental stress (level 1)	−1.08 (0.16)^**	0.31 (0.05)^**	−0.40 (0.15)^**	−1.06 (0.17)^**	−0.22 (0.07)^**	−0.79 (0.14)^**
Negative/Positive DC (level 2)			−3.76 (0.25)^**			2.06 (0.13)^**
Negative/Positive DC (level 1)			−2.29 (0.23)^**			1.28 (0.11)^**

Variance
Between-family	443.38 (21.03)^**	10.69 (3.27)^**	218.49 (14.78)^**	441.25 (21.01)^**	46.47 (6.82)^**	163.01 (12.77)^**
Within-couple	355.72 (18.84)	16.50 (4.06)	268.46 (16.38)	354.74 (18.83)	65.94 (8.13)	249.27 (15.70)

Note. Level 2 covariates: parent race/ethnicity (1 =White, Non-Latino/a; 2 = other), household income, and couple relationship length

p < 0.05

^**

p < 0.001. DC = dyadic coping.

Example equation Step 1:

Level-1: (Couple relationship satisfaction)_ij = β_0j + β_1j*( parental stress_ij) + r_ij

Level-2: β_0j = γ₀₀ + γ₀₁*(household income_j) + γ02*( mom race/ethnicity) + γ₀₄*(dad race/ethnicity) + γ₀₅*(relationship length) + γ₀₆*(couple group mean for level of parental stress_j) + u_0j

β_1j = γ₁₀

Example equation Step 2:

Level-1: Positive or Negative Dyadic Coping_ij = β_0j + β_1j*(parental stress_ij) + r_ij

Level-2: β_0j = γ₀₀ + γ₀₁*(household income_j) + γ₀₂*( mom race/ethnicity) + γ04*(dad race/ethnicity) + γ₀₅*(relationship length) + γ₀₆*(couple group mean for level of parental stress_j) + u_0j

β_1j = γ₁₀

Example equation Step 3:

Level-1: Couple Satisfaction_ij = β_0j + β_1j*(negative or positive dyadic coping_ij) + β_2j*(parental stress_ij) + r_ij

Level-2: β_0j = γ₀₀ + γ₀₁*(household income_j) + γ₀₂*(mom race/ethnicity) +/span>γ₀₃*(dad race/ethnicity) + γ₀₄*(relationship length_j) + γ₀₆*(couple level group mean positive or negative DCI_j) + γ₀₇*(couple level group mean for level of parenting stress_j) + u_0j