Health and Well-Being in Emerging Adults’ Same-Sex Relationships

Frost, David M.; Meyer, Ilan H.; Hammack, Phillip L.

doi:10.1177/2167696814535915

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“…The young adults who will form and maintain their relationships in the context of marriage equality will likely have different relational experiences and challenges than this cohort of couples (Frost, Meyer, & Hammack, 2015).…”

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Same-Sex Couples’ Decisions and Experiences of Marriage in the Context of Minority Stress: Interviews From a Population-Based Longitudinal Study

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Journal of Homosexuality

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In the emerging context of marriage equality, it is important to explore the reasons for and experience of marriage for long-term same-sex couples, including the role of minority stress. In Wave 3 of the population-based, longitudinal CUPPLES Study we interviewed 21 long-term same-sex couples (14 female, 7 male) who resided in 12 different states and who were legally married. Couple members ranged in age from 37 to 84 and reported being together as a couple from 15 to 41 years. Seven couples lived in states that did not recognize their marriage at the time of the interview. Legal protection and social validation emerged as the two primary domains that captured couples' lived experiences of marriage. Minority stress experiences emerged in the narratives in the context of couples' long-term commitment, the availability of civil marriage, and couples' participation in activist efforts on behalf of marriage equality for themselves and others.

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Same-Sex Couples’ Decisions and Experiences of Marriage in the Context of Minority Stress: Interviews From a Population-Based Longitudinal Study

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Journal of Homosexuality

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“…The historical changes in legal options that are available for same-sex couples likely contribute to the considerable variability in their relationship histories across different cohorts (Hatzenbuehler, O'Cleirigh, Grasso, Mayer, Safren, & Bradford, 2012; Umberson et al, 2015). Accordingly, same-sex couples' relationship experiences may be (at least partly) “different” before and after the introduction of the U.S. nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage (i.e., Obergefell v. Hodges ), even though they may continue to be socially stigmatized (Frost, 2015; Frost, Meyer, & Hammack, 2015). With the marriage equality decision as a landmark, it is imperative for scholars who are interested in the effects of sexual minority stress on same-sex relationship well-being to evaluate what has and has not been done and known regarding this topic, and take this social policy reform as an opportunity to develop a scientifically driven agenda to move research of this field forward.…”

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Sexual Minority Stress and Same‐Sex Relationship Well‐being: A Meta‐analysis of Research Prior to the U.S. Nationwide Legalization of Same‐Sex Marriage

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Meta-analytic methods were used to analyze 179 effect sizes retrieved from 32 research reports on the implications that sexual minority stress may have for same-sex relationship well-being. Sexual minority stress (aggregated across different types of stress) was moderately and negatively associated with same-sex relationship well-being (aggregated across different dimensions of relationship well-being). Internalized homophobia was significantly and negatively associated with same-sex relationship well-being, whereas heterosexist discrimination and sexual orientation visibility management were not. Moreover, the effect size for internalized homophobia was significantly larger than those for heterosexist discrimination and sexual orientation visibility management. Sexual minority stress was significantly and negatively associated with same-sex relationship quality but not associated with closeness or stability. Sexual minority stress was significantly and negatively associated with relationship well-being among same-sex female couples but not among same-sex male couples. The current status of research approaches in this field was also summarized and discussed.

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“…7 Positive changes in the social environment are likely to make an impact on different generations of LGBT people across the lifespan but it is especially significant for young people who, because they are socialized in a more positive social environment, can see a life trajectory that is more promising, especially in the area of intimacy and family life, than previous generations of LGBT people imagined. 8 …”

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