Partners matter: The psychosocial well-being of couples when dealing with endometriosis

Table 2 Actor–partner interdependence model with impact of endometriosis pain as the dependent variable and all predictors

	Impact of endometriosis pain
	ß	t	p
Model 1: Depression (n = 97 couples)
Actor effects
Women	0.216	2.107	0.036
Men	0.206	1.940	0.054
Partner effects
Women	0.317	2.514	0.013
Men	0.243	2.769	0.006
Model 2: Anxiety (n = 97 couples)
Actor effects
Women	0.389*	4.268	0.001
Men	0.156	1.442	0.151
Partner effects
Women	0.250	1.960	0.052
Men	0.316*	4.000	0.001
Model 3: Stress (n = 97 couples)
Actor effects
Women	0.283	2.422	0.016
Men	0.160	1.751	0.082
Partner effects
Women	0.276	2.574	0.011
Men	0.230	2.112	0.036
Model 4: Sexual satisfaction (n = 84 couples)
Actor effects
Women	− 0.225	1.660	0.099
Men	− 0.098	0.756	0.451
Partner effects
Women	− 0.038	0.260	0.795
Men	− 0.244	2.068	0.040
Model 5: EHP Support (n = 67 couples)
Actor effects
Women	0.421*	3.212	0.002
Men	0.364*	2.795	0.006
Partner effects
Women	0.342	2.324	0.022
Men	0.255	2.244	0.027

Covariates: Model 1–5: age, wish for a child; Model 4: sex frequency; Model 5: social support
*displaying a medium effect size

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