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Abstract
Regrets over partner selection can negatively influence romantic relationship functioning. It may even undermine stability in otherwise satisfied unions. The present study extends research on partner regret by exploring its several possible links with sexual satisfaction and satisfaction with the relationship as a whole. The authors analyzed data provided by 351 individuals using path analysis. Primary findings indicate that partner regret reduces sexual satisfaction by first depreciating satisfaction with the relationship as a whole. This effect was especially pronounced for parents and women. Implications for assessment and targeted interventions for partner regret are discussed.
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As will be noted in the procedures, study measures were presented at random and thus any participant attrition affected each measure differently as to the extent of missingness.
Bonder (2008) demonstrated that taking into account the fraction of missing information and increasing the number of imputations accordingly increases the precision of estimates, over and above that of the typically suggested 10 imputed sets. Using the equation posited by Bodner (Citation2008), it was determined that 59 imputed datasets were required. These datasets were created using NORM (Schafer, Citation1997), and all demographic variables were used as auxiliary variables in addition to model variables.
Because of the use of multiple imputations, we were unable to generate confidence intervals using bootstrapping within Mplus.
Additional analysis was also done exploring partner regret mediating the relation between sexual and relationship satisfaction, but it also resulted in a poor fitting model. Reverse but equivalent models will be detailed in the discussion.