Table 1.
The correlation matrix for all variables,
Transition and Comparison Husbands.
(Transition Group is upper entry)
|
Probfoc |
SeekSS |
Emofoc |
Discmf |
Anxiety |
Esteem |
SosSup |
InfDiff |
PStrain |
|
|
Probfoc |
1.00 |
.65*** .92*** |
.38*** .88*** |
-.09 .01 |
-.10 -.05 |
.01 .04 |
.08 .02 |
.34** na |
.47*** na |
|
SeekSS |
1.00 |
.45*** .80*** |
.07 .07 |
.11 -.04 |
-.14 .05 |
-.05 .10 |
.36** na |
.43*** na |
|
|
Emofoc |
1.00 |
.21* .11 |
.41*** .00 |
-.50*** -.15 |
-.15 -.16 |
.27* na |
.49*** na |
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|
Discmf |
1.00 |
.40*** .32*** |
-.47*** -.41*** |
-.35*** -.30** |
.02 na |
-.05 na |
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|
Anxiety |
1.00 |
-.68*** -.56*** |
-.39*** -.14 |
.05 na |
.19 na |
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|
Esteem |
1.00 |
.48*** .44*** |
-.08 na |
-.19 na |
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|
SocSup |
1.00 |
.06 na |
-.07 na |
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|
InfDiff |
1.00 na |
.61*** na |
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|
PStrain |
1.00 na |
* = p < .05 Discmf = Discomfort with closeness
** = p < .01 Anxiety = Anxiety over relationships
*** = p < .001 Esteem = self-esteem
Probfoc = problem-focussed coping SocSup = overall social support
SeekSS = social support seeking InfDiff = infant difficulty
Emofoc = emotion-focussed coping Pstrain = parenting strain
Table 2.
The correlation matrix for all variables,
Transition and Comparison Wives.
(Transition Group is upper entry)
|
Probfoc |
SeekSS |
Emofoc |
Discmf |
Anxiety |
Esteem |
SosSup |
InfDiff |
PStrain |
|
|
Probfoc |
1.00 |
.73*** .83*** |
.37*** .82*** |
-.06 -.06 |
.00 -.20 |
-.07 -.04 |
.15 .17 |
.09 na |
.23* na |
|
SeekSS |
1.00 |
.29** .73*** |
-.27** -.12 |
.00 -.20 |
-.03 -.07 |
.22* .10 |
.22* na |
.21* na |
|
|
Emofoc |
1.00 |
.09 .09 |
.43*** .43*** |
-.38*** -.35** |
.07 -.01 |
.32** na |
.60*** na |
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|
Discmf |
1.00 |
.44*** .38*** |
-.47*** -.43*** |
-.41*** -.37*** |
-.12 na |
-.05 na |
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|
Anxiety |
1.00 |
-.71*** -.75*** |
-.42*** -.39*** |
-.02 na |
.15 na |
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|
Esteem |
1.00 |
.39*** .46*** |
-.06 na |
-.27** na |
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|
SocSup |
1.00 |
-.08 na |
.04 na |
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|
InfDiff |
1.00 |
.49*** na |
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|
PStrain |
1.00 na |
* = p < .05 Discmf = Discomfort with closeness
** = p < .01 Anxiety = Anxiety over relationships
*** = p < .001 Esteem = self-esteem
Probfoc = problem-focussed coping SocSup = overall social support
SeekSS = social support seeking InfDiff = infant difficulty
Emofoc = emotion-focussed coping Pstrain = parenting strain
Table 3.
Regression analyses; Dependent variable = husbands’ problem-focussed coping.
|
Step Three |
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|
Variable |
Correlation |
Beta |
Significance |
|
Wives’ Anxiety |
-.03 |
-.11 |
|
|
Husbands’ Anxiety |
-.13 |
-.19 |
.0071. |
|
Husbands’ Discomf. |
-.08 |
.00 |
|
|
Wives’ Discomf. |
.02 |
.06 |
|
|
Husbands’ SocSup. |
.09 |
.01 |
|
|
Husbands’ S-esteem |
-.05 |
-.06 |
|
|
Husbands’ InfDiff. |
.31 |
.01 |
|
|
Husbands Pstrain |
.46 |
.23 |
.0003 |
F = 3.76, p = .0011
Anxiety = Anxiety over relationships
Discomf. = Discomfort over closeness
SocSup = overall social support
S-esteem = self-esteem
InfDiff. = infant difficultness
PStrain = parenting strain
Table 4.
Regression analyses; Dependent variable =husbands’ social-support seeking.
| Step Three | |||
|
Variable |
Correlation |
Beta |
Significance |
|
Wives’ Anxiety |
-.09 |
-.24 |
|
|
Husbands’ Anxiety |
.11 |
-.11 |
|
|
Husbands’ Discomf |
.07 |
.05 |
|
|
Wives’ Discomf |
.06 |
.17 |
|
|
Husbands’ SocSup |
-.07 |
-.07 |
|
|
Husbands’ S-esteem |
-.17 |
-.10 |
|
|
Husbands’ InfDiff |
.33 |
.18 |
|
|
Husbands’ Pstrain |
.39 |
.29 |
.0449 |
F = 2.28, p = .0318
Anxiety = Anxiety over relationships
Discomf. = Discomfort over closeness
SocSup = overall social support
S-esteem = self-esteem
InfDiff. = infant difficultness
PStrain = parenting strain
Table 5.
Regression analyses; Dependent variable =husbands’ emotion-focussed coping.
|
Variable |
Step One |
Step Two |
Step Three |
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|
Correl. |
Beta |
Correl. |
Beta |
Correl. |
Beta |
|
|
Wives’ Anxiety |
.10 |
.03 |
.10 |
.01 |
.10 |
-.01 |
|
Husbands’ Anxiety |
.51 |
.48** |
.51 |
.23 |
.51 |
.16 |
|
Husbands’ Discomf |
.25 |
.06 |
.25 |
-.02 |
.25 |
.05 |
|
Wives’ Discomf |
.19 |
.03 |
.19 |
.01 |
.19 |
.03 |
|
F Change = 6.36 Sig. = .0002 |
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|
Husbands’ SocSup |
-.21 |
.11 |
-.21 |
.10 |
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|
Husbands’ S-esteem |
-.58 |
-.47* |
-.58 |
-.41* |
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|
F Change = 5.26 Sig. = .0075 |
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|
Husbands’ InfDiff |
.22 |
-.05 |
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|
Husbands’ PStrain |
.46 |
.37* |
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F Change = 6.45, Sig. = .0028
Overall F = 7.30, Sig. < .0001
* = p < .01
** = p < .001
Anxiety = Anxiety over relationships
Discomf. = Discomfort over closeness
SocSup = overall social support
S-esteem = self-esteem
InfDiff. = infant difficultness
PStrain = parenting strain
Table 6.
Regression analyses; Dependent variable = wives’ emotion-focussed coping.
|
Variable |
Step One |
Step Two |
Step Three |
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|
Correl. |
Beta |
Correl. |
Beta |
Correl. |
Beta |
|
|
Husbands’ Anxiety |
-.09 |
-.16 |
-.09 |
-.10 |
-.09 |
-.03 |
|
Wives’ Anxiety |
.29 |
.27* |
.29 |
.10 |
.29 |
.25# |
|
Husbands’Discomf |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.15 |
.14 |
.10 |
|
Wives’ Discomf |
.13 |
.01 |
.13 |
.01 |
.13 |
.10 |
|
F Change = 2.20, Sig = .0781 |
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|
Wives’ SocSup |
.13 |
.33** |
.13 |
.31** |
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|
Wives’ S-esteem |
-.38 |
-.41* |
-.38 |
-.18 |
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|
F Change = 6.64, Sig = .0023 |
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|
Wives’ InfDiff |
.29 |
.17 |
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|
Wives’ PStrain |
.58 |
.45*** |
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F Change = 17.67, Sig < .0001
Overall F = 8.82, Sig < .0001
# = p < .10
* = p < .05
** = p < .01
*** = p < .0001
Anxiety = Anxiety over relationships
Discomf. = Discomfort over closeness
SocSup = overall social support
S-esteem = self-esteem
InfDiff. = infant difficultness
PStrain = parenting strain