Table 2.

Indirect Effects and Total Effects of Partner Acceptance on Relation Satisfaction Through Felt Acceptance

Effect	Path	Estimate	95% CI	% Total Effect
Wife’s actor effect
Total effect		0.610	0.509, 0.707
Total IE		0.209	0.143, 0.278	34.3
Actor-actor IE a	PAW→ FAW→RSW	0.148	0.098, 0.206	24.3
Partner-Partner IE	PAW→ FAH→RSW	0.061	0.032, 0.094	10.0
Husband’s actor effect
Total effect		0.542	0.408, 0.665
Total IE		0.292	0.215, 0.369	53.9
Actor-actor IE a	PAH→ FAH→RSH	0.231	0.169, 0.295	42.6
Partner-Partner IE	PAH→ FAW→RSH	0.061	0.032, 0.094	11.3
Wife’s partner effect
Total effect		0.237	0.164, 0.314
Total IE		0.237	0.164, 0.314	100.0
Actor-partner IE	PAH→ FAH→RSW	0.112	0.061, 0.168	47.3
Partner-actor IE b	PAH→ FAW→RSW	0.125	0.082, 0.175	52.7
Husband’s partner effect
Total effect		0.197	0.135, 0.261
Total IE		0.197	0.135, 0.261	100.0
Actor-partner IE	PAW→ FAW→RSH	0.072	0.037, 0.112	36.5
Partner-actor IE b	PAW→ FAH→RSH	0.125	0.082, 0.175	63.5

Note. IE = indirect effect; CI = confidence interval; PA = partner acceptance, or acceptance of one’s partner; FA = felt acceptance; RS = relationship satisfaction, _W = wife’s, _H = husband’s.

^a“projection effect.”

^b“accuracy effect.”