A parallel analysis was run to test the discriminant hypothesis that this moderating effect was unique to young adult romantic quality as opposed to work competence. Bayesian weight of evidence (Burnham & Anderson, 2004; Raftery, 1995) for the predicted and discriminant models was used to compare relative fit of these non-nested models. This approach involves calculating the Bayesian information criterion (BIC; Schwarz, 1978), a model fit index derived from probability theory, for each model.3 Conclusions about the relative fit of the predicted and discriminant models were made based on guidelines established by Raftery (1995). The same HLM equations described above were used again, only work competence was substituted for romantic quality.
