Table 7.

Hierarchical Regression of Demographics, Emotional Intimacy, Physical Intimacy, and Household Management Regressed on Emptiness

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4
Variables	β	b	t	β	b	t	β	b	t	β	b	t
Demographics
Education	−.06	−.05	−1.06	−.01	−.01	−0.15	−.01	−.01	−0.31	−.01	−.01	−0.23
Family income	−.02	−.02	−0.39	.02	.01	0.40	.02	.01	0.34	.01	.01	0.32
Employeea	−.10	−.21	−1.91	−.11	−.23	−2.69*	−.11	−.24	−2.78**	−.12	−.25	−2.89**
No. of children	.02	.02	0.33	−.01	−.01	−0.21	−.00	−.00	−0.08	−.01	−.02	−0.28
Emotional Intimacy
Feeling seen/loved				−.26	−.26	−4.23**	−.26	−.26	−4.04**	−.24	−.24	3.71**
Feeling comforted				−.30	−.20	−4.98**	−.29	−.28	−4.67**	−.27	−.26	−4.36**
Sat. with friends				−.10	−.10	−2.11*	−.11	−.11	−2.31*	−.12	−.12	−2.47*
Authenticity				−.17	−.17	−3.56**	−.17	−.17	−3.40**	−.18	−.18	−3.79**
Physical Intimacy
Quality of sex							−.08	−.08	−1.72	−.07	−.07	−1.55
Sat. with being held							.04	.04	0.80	.07	.07	1.41
Household Management
Resp. house routines										−.01	−.01	−0.25
Resp. child adjust										.11	.12	2.30*
Resp. house finances										.06	.06	1.37
F		1.96			76.90**			2.07			3.95*
df		4			4			2			3
dferror		379			375			373			370
R2		.02			.46			.47			.48
ΔR2					.44**			.01			.02*

Note. n = 393. Sat = Satisfaction; Resp. house routines = Responsible for household routines; Resp. child adjust = Responsible for childhood adjustment; Resp. house finances = Responsible for household finances.

^a1=employed, 0=not employed.

^*p< .05.

^**p< .01.