Table 3.

Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) Analysis of the Over-Time Actor and Partner Effects of Assurances and Networks on Psychological Distress in Couples Coping with Lung Cancer

	Effects of assurances				Effects of networks
	B	SE	t	Effect size (r)	B	SE	t	Effect size (r)
Patient intercept	.45	.04	-	-	.44	.04	-	-
Spouse intercept	.41	.05	-	-	.41	.12
Actor’s Social Role	.04	.06	.54	.03	.03	.08	.33	.02
Actor’s Maintenance	−.04	.02	−2.10*	.11	−.03	.02	−1.89#	.10
Partner’s Maintenance	−.02	.02	−.83	.04	−.05	.02	−2.39*	.13
Actor’s Maintenance × Actor’s Social Role			2.51**	.13			.87	.05
Effects of patient’s maintenance on patient’s distress	.05	.02			.02	.02
Effects of spouse’s maintenance on spouse’s distress	−.05	.02			−.05	.02
Partner’s Maintenance × Actor’s Social Role			1.41	.08			3.26***	.17
Effects of patient’s maintenance on spouse’s distress	−.03	.02			−.05	.02
Effects of spouse’s maintenance on patient’s distress	.03	.02			.05	.02

Note. B = raw coefficient, SE = standard error; effect size r associated with each t: r = $\sqrt{t^{\text{2}}/t^2+df}$,

^#p<.10,

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.005