Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, CT 06269-1020, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2010 Jun;24(3):359-66. doi: 10.1037/a0019651.
Family researchers have used the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) to study romantic couples, parent-child dyads, and siblings. We discuss a new method to detect, measure, and test different theoretically important patterns in the APIM: equal actor and partner effect (couple pattern); same size, but different signs of actor and partner effects (contrast pattern); and zero partner effects (actor-only pattern). To measure these different patterns, as well as others, we propose the estimation of the parameter k, which equals the partner effect divided by the actor effect. For both indistinguishable dyad members (e.g., twins) and distinguishable dyad members (e.g., heterosexual couples), we propose strategies for estimating and testing different models. We illustrate our new approach with four data sets.
家庭研究人员已经使用演员-伙伴相互依存模型（APIM）来研究浪漫情侣、亲子对子和兄弟姐妹。我们讨论了一种新的方法来检测、测量和测试 APIM 中的不同理论重要模式：平等的演员和伙伴效应（夫妻模式）；演员和伙伴效应大小相同，但符号不同（对比模式）；以及零伙伴效应（仅演员模式）。为了测量这些不同的模式以及其他模式，我们提出了参数 k 的估计，它等于伙伴效应除以演员效应。对于不可区分的对子成员（例如双胞胎）和可区分的对子成员（例如异性恋夫妇），我们提出了用于估计和测试不同模型的策略。我们用四个数据集说明了我们的新方法。
