Table 3.
Multilevel model estimates: actor and partner effects of retirement-related disclosure on adjustment symptoms preoccupation and failure to adapt.
| Preoccupation | Failure to adapt | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | S.E. | CI 95% | Estimate | S.E. | CI 95% lower bound | |
| Fixed part | ||||||
| Intercept retiree | 1.45 | 0.08 | [1.37, 1.60] | 3.56 | 0.11 | [3.45, 3.77] |
| Intercept spouse | 1.41 | 0.12 | [1.17, 1.64] | 3.77 | 0.11 | [3.56, 3.98] |
| Actor spouse disclosure | 0.19 | 0.03 | [0.13, 0.25] | 0.00 | 0.06 | [−0.11, 0.11] |
| Partner spouse disclosure | 0.03 | 0.05 | [−0.06, 0.12] | −0.05 | 0.07 | [−0.18, 0.08] |
| Actor retiree disclosure | 0.22 | 0.05 | [0.12, 0.31] | 0.07 | 0.07 | [−0.07, 0.20] |
| Partner retiree disclosure | 0.26 | 0.06 | [0.14, 0.38] | −0.18 | 0.10 | [−0.38, 0.02] |
| Female (male) | −0.10 | 0.11 | [−0.32, 0.12] | −0.05 | 0.10 | [−0.24, 0.15] |
| Week after writing (retiree) | −0.07 | 0.07 | [−0.20, 0.07] | 0.20 | 0.10 | [−0.01, 0.40] |
| Week after writing (spouse) | −0.01 | 0.07 | [−0.14, 0.12] | −0.02 | 0.11 | [−0.23, 0.19] |
| Interaction week after writing*retiree partner effect disclosure | −0.07 | 0.07 | [−0.21, 0.07] | 0.16 | 0.11 | [−0.05, 0.36] |
| Interaction week after writing*spouse partner effect disclosure | −0.35 | 0.10 | [−0.55, −0.16] | 0.30 | 0.17 | [−0.03, 0.62] |
| Random part | ||||||
| Level: between couple | ||||||
| Intercept retiree | 0.154 | 0.039 | 0.31 | 0.079 | ||
| Covariance retiree-spouse | 0.017 | 0.039 | 0.073 | 0.042 | ||
| Intercept spouse | 0.307 | 0.073 | 0.119 | 0.039 | ||
| Level: within couple | ||||||
| Variance retiree | 0.262 | 0.017 | 0.572 | 0.037 | ||
| Variance spouse | 0.227 | 0.015 | 0.681 | 0.045 | ||
N = 44 couples, 7 days, 1,014 observations in use. SE = standard error, estimates; fixed effects = non-standardized betas (range variables 0–4; all variables person-mean centered), CI 95%: confidence intervals 95%, if not including zero bold.