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Table 6 The results of APIM Analysis with Neuroticism as a moderating variable (n = 9560 couples)

From: The effect of marital satisfaction on the self-assessed depression of husbands and wives: investigating the moderating effects of the number of children and neurotic personality

APIM parameters

Role

Estimate

SE

95%CI

Intercept

 

− 0.26***

0.05

− 0.37, − 0.16

Actor’s neuroticism * gender

 

0.02***

0.007

0.01, 0.04

Partner’s neuroticism * gender

 

− 0.02*

0.007

− 0.002, 0.02

 

Husband

   

Neuroticism

 

0.28***

0.01

0.26, 0.29

Wife’s neuroticism

 

0.04***

0.01

0.02, 0.05

Marital satisfaction (actor effect)

 

− 0.19***

0.01

− 0.20, − 0.17

Wife’s marital satisfaction (partner effect)

 

− 0.09***

0.01

− 0.11, − 0.07

Neuroticism * Marital satisfaction

(actor effect)

 

− 0.007

0.01

− 0.03, 0.01

Wife’s neuroticism * Marital satisfaction (actor effect)

 

− 0.004

0.01

− 0.02, 0.02

Neuroticism * Wife’s marital satisfaction (partner effect)

 

− 0.02

0.01

− 0.04, 0.0007

Wife’s neuroticism * Wife’s marital satisfaction (partner effect)

 

0.02

0.02

− 0.005, 0.03

 

Wife

   

Neuroticism

 

0.24***

0.01

0.22, 0.26

Husband’s neuroticism

 

0.07***

0.01

0.05, 0.09

Marital satisfaction (actor effect)

 

− 0.20***

0.01

− 0.22, − 0.18

Wife’s marital satisfaction (partner effect)

 

− 0.06***

0.01

− 0.08, − 0.04

Neuroticism * Marital satisfaction

(actor effect)

 

− 0.03***

0.01

− 0.05, − 0.01

Husband’s neuroticism * Marital satisfaction (actor effect)

 

− 0.003

0.01

− 0.02,0.02

Neuroticism * Husband’s marital satisfaction (partner effect)

 

0.01

0.01

− 0.009,0.03

Husband’s neuroticism * Husband’s marital satisfaction (partner effect)

 

0.004

0.01

− 0.02,0.02

  1. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001