Table 2.
Estimates From Multilevel Regression Models Testing the Association Between Intrinsic Sexual Motives, Stress, and Depressive Symptoms
| Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 95% CI | b | 95% CI | b | 95% CI | b | 95% CI | b | 95% CI | |
| Intrinsic sexual motives | −0.55** | [−0.86, −0.24] | −0.51** | [−0.82, −0.19] | −0.57* | [−1.04, −0.09] | −0.25 | [−0.73, 0.24] | −0.65* | [−1.21, −0.09] |
| Level of stress | 4.95*** | [4.46, 5.44] | 4.90*** | [4.41, 5.40] | 5.24*** | [4.50, 5.98] | 5.30*** | [4.56, 6.04] | 5.69*** | [4.77, 6.61] |
| Actor is women | 0.08 | [−0.55, 0.72] | 0.08 | [−0.55, 0.71] | 0.11 | [−0.54, 0.75] | 0.01 | [−0.63, 0.65] | −0.48 | [−1.51, 0.55] |
| Partner is women | −0.05 | [−0.70, 0.60] | −0.04 | [−0.68, 0.61] | −0.09 | [−0.75, 0.56] | −0.01 | [−0.67, 0.65] | −0.47 | [−1.48, 0.54] |
| Intrinsic sexual motives × Stress | −0.36 | [−0.80, 0.08] | ||||||||
| Actor women × Intrinsic sexual motives × Stress | 0.09 | [−0.82, 1.01] | ||||||||
| Partner women × Intrinsic sexual motives × Stress | 0.03 | [−0.86, 0.93] | ||||||||
| Actor women × Partner women × Intrinsic sexual motives × Stress | −3.14** | [−5.14, −1.14] | ||||||||
| Constant | 18.01*** | [17.23, 18.79] | 17.94*** | [17.16, 18.73] | 17.97*** | [17.19, 18.76] | 17.94*** | [17.16, 18.73] | 18.19*** | [17.38, 19.00] |
| Log likelihood | −2,365.37 | −2,364.10 | −2,363.11 | −2,362.56 | −2,350.92 |
Notes: b = unstandardized beta coefficient; CI = confidence interval. All models adjusted for age in years, race, education, years lived together, child in household, extrinsic sexual motives. Actor and partner gender were coded as 0 = men and 1 = women. All continuous variables were centered at their sample mean. Constituent interactions terms of the three-way and four-way interaction effects tested in the models are omitted from the table. In this model, actor effect refers to the association between respondent gender and depressive symptoms. Partner effect refers to the association between partner gender and respondent’s depressive symptoms (West et al., 2008). Intrinsic sexual motives are measures of respondent’s motives. We also performed additional analyses that included bisexuality as a covariate, and results remained the same.
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.