Table 1
Descriptive Statistics for all Variables (N = 588).
| % | M (SD) | |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 51 | |
| Females | 49 | |
| Age | 22.10 (2.90) | |
| Religiosity | 5.14 (2.67) | |
| Education (earning) | ||
| Associates | 2.9 | |
| Bachelors | 91.7 | |
| Masters | 47.0 | |
| Doctorate | 0.3 | |
| Marital Roles | 3.61 (1.18) | |
| Marital Effort | 3.45 (.80) | |
| Fixed IMTI | 2.91 (.77) | |
| Malleable ITMI | 3.05 (.76) | |
| Kindness/Dependability (K) | 3.80 (.32) | |
| Attractiveness/Sexuality (A) | 3.04 (.70) | |
| Status/Resources (S) | 2.92 (.79) | |
| Education/Intelligence (E) | 3.09 (.75) | |
| Religiosity/Chastity (R) | 3.15 (.69) |
Table 2
Bivariate correlation coefficients among background variables, marital beliefs, and KASER mate characteristics (N = 588).
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Religiousness | – | |||||||||||
| 2. Age | –.02 | – | ||||||||||
| 3. Education | .03 | .19*** | – | |||||||||
| 4. Marital Roles | .06 | .06 | .03 | – | ||||||||
| 5. Marital Effort | –.03 | –.07 | –.03 | .09* | – | |||||||
| 6. Fixed ITMI | –.04 | .06 | .09* | .11** | .09* | – | ||||||
| 7. Mall. ITMI | –.05 | –.01 | –.03 | –.15*** | .03 | .33*** | – | |||||
| 8. K | –.03 | –.05 | –.12** | .01 | –.04 | .06 | –.01 | – | ||||
| 9. A | –.08 | –.02 | –.03 | .17*** | –.02 | –.05 | .02 | .21*** | – | |||
| 10. S | –.04 | –.10* | –.07 | –.02 | –.04 | –.02 | –.02 | .21*** | .35*** | – | ||
| 11. E | –.09* | –.08* | .04 | .00 | .00 | .03 | .00 | .28*** | .32*** | .57*** | – | |
| 12. R | .22*** | –.04 | –.02 | .26*** | –.06 | .12** | –.09* | .37*** | .31*** | .29*** | .36*** | – |
[i] *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < 001.
Table 3
Regression Coefficients for Variables Regressed on Each KASER Mate Characteristic (N = 588).
| KINDNESS/DEPENDABILITY (K) | ATTRACTIVENESS/SEXUALITY (A) | STATUS/RESOURCES (S) | EDUCATION/INTELLIGENCE (E) | RELIGIOSITY/CHASTITY (R) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | |
| Gender (Male = 1) | –.07 | .03 | –.10* | .15 | .06 | .11** | –.74 | .06 | –.47*** | –.36 | .06 | –.24*** | –.07 | .06 | –.05 |
| Religiousness | .00 | .00 | –.02 | –.01 | .01 | –.05 | –.01 | .01 | –.03 | –.02 | .01 | –.08 | .06 | .01 | .23*** |
| Age | –.01 | .00 | –.07 | –.01 | .01 | –.05 | –.02 | .01 | –.08* | –.03 | .01 | –.10* | –.02 | .01 | –.07 |
| Education | –.11 | .04 | –.13*** | –.04 | .08 | –.02 | –.08 | .08 | –.04 | .13 | .08 | .06 | –.06 | .07 | –.04 |
| Marital Roles (MR) | –.01 | .02 | –.03 | .14 | .04 | .24*** | .04 | .04 | .06 | .05 | .04 | .07 | .14 | .04 | .23*** |
| Marital Effort (ME) | –.02 | .02 | –.05 | –.04 | .05 | –.05 | –.02 | .05 | –.02 | –.01 | .05 | –.02 | –.11 | .05 | –.13* |
| Fixed ITMI (FITMI) | .04 | .03 | .10 | .00 | .06 | .00 | .11 | .06 | .10 | .12 | .06 | .12 | .22 | .06 | .25*** |
| Mall. ITMI (MITMI) | –.04 | .03 | –.10 | .01 | .06 | .01 | –.04 | .06 | –.04 | –.01 | .06 | –.01 | –.17 | .06 | –.19*** |
| MR*Gender | .03 | .02 | .08 | –.04 | .05 | –.05 | .12 | .05 | .12* | .01 | .06 | .01 | .04 | .05 | .04 |
| ME*Gender | –.02 | .03 | –.03 | –.01 | .07 | –.01 | –.02 | .07 | –.01 | .02 | .08 | .02 | .05 | .07 | .04 |
| FITMI*Gender | .00 | .04 | –.01 | –.07 | .09 | –.05 | –.14 | .09 | –.10 | –.10 | .10 | –.08 | –.16 | .08 | –.14* |
| MITMI*Gender | .03 | .04 | .05 | .08 | .09 | .06 | –.14 | .09 | –.09 | –.07 | .10 | –.05 | .09 | .09 | .06 |
| MR*FITMI | .01 | .02 | .03 | .12 | .04 | .19*** | .07 | .04 | .10 | .04 | .04 | .05 | .08 | .04 | .12* |
| MR*MITMI | –.02 | .02 | –.06 | –.08 | .04 | –.13* | –.04 | .04 | –.06 | –.09 | .04 | –.13* | –.07 | .03 | –.11* |
| ME*FITMI | .04 | .03 | .07 | .04 | .07 | .03 | .05 | .08 | .04 | .09 | .08 | .07 | .07 | .07 | .06 |
| ME*MITMI | .01 | .03 | .03 | .10 | .06 | .09 | –.01 | .07 | .00 | .16 | .07 | .13* | .04 | .06 | .04 |
| MR*FITMI*Gender | .03 | .03 | .07 | –.17 | .07 | –.19** | .00 | .07 | .00 | –.02 | .07 | –.02 | .02 | .06 | .02 |
| MR*MITMI*Gender | –.02 | .03 | –.05 | .07 | .07 | .07 | .05 | .07 | .05 | .04 | .07 | .04 | .02 | .06 | .02 |
| ME*FITMI*Gender | –.04 | .05 | –.06 | –.04 | .10 | –.02 | –.20 | .10 | –.11 | –.13 | .11 | –.08 | –.18 | .09 | –.12* |
| ME*MITMI*Gender | .01 | .04 | .01 | –.19 | .09 | –.12* | –.05 | .09 | –.03 | –.21 | .10 | –.13* | .04 | .09 | .02 |
| R2 | .06* | .09*** | .26*** | .11*** | .17*** | ||||||||||
[i] *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < 001.
Figure 1
ITMI By Marital Belief By (When Applicable) Gender Predicting Attractivness/Sexuality.
Figure 2
ITMI By Marital Belief By (When Applicable) Gender Predicting Education/Intelligence.
Figure 3
ITMI By Marital Belief By (When Applicable) Gender Predicting Religiosity/Charity.