Relationship stigma and well-being among adults in interracial and same-sex relationships

Rosenthal, Lisa; Deosaran, Ashleigh; Young, DaSean L.; Starks, Tyrel J.

doi:10.1177/0265407518822785

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“…This study builds on emerging research into relational forms of stigma and its impact on health (e.g., Gamarel et al. 2014; Lehmiller and Agnew 2006, 2007; Rosenthal et al. 2019; Rosenthal and Starks 2015) by conceptualizing, measuring, and analyzing the couple-level nature and dyadic context of stigma in relationships.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Couple-Level Minority Stress and Mental Health among People in Same-Sex Relationships: Extending Minority Stress Theory

LeBlanc

Frost

2019

Society and Mental Health

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We simultaneously examined the effects of individual- and couple-level minority stressors on mental health among people in same-sex relationships. Individual-level minority stressors emerge from the stigmatization of sexual minority individuals; couple-level minority stressors emerge from the stigmatization of same-sex relationships. Dyadic data from 100 same-sex couples from across the United States were analyzed with actor–partner interdependence models. Couple-level stigma was uniquely associated with nonspecific psychological distress, depressive symptomatology, and problematic drinking, net the effects of individual-level stigma and relevant sociodemographic controls. Analyses also show that couple-level minority stress played unique roles in critical stress processes of minority stress proliferation: minority stress expansion and minority stress contagion. The inclusion of couple-level stress constructs represents a useful extension of minority stress theory, enriching our capacity to deepen understandings of minority stress experience and its application in the study of well-being and health inequalities faced by vulnerable populations.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Researchers have investigated relationship marginalization (Lehmiller and Agnew 2006, 2007) and relationship stigma (Gamarel et al. 2014; Rosenthal et al. 2019; Rosenthal and Starks 2015), linking both to negative outcomes for individuals’ relationship quality and well-being.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Couple-Level Minority Stress and Mental Health among People in Same-Sex Relationships: Extending Minority Stress Theory

LeBlanc

Frost

2019

Society and Mental Health

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“…Experiences of discrimination and stigma generally negatively shape the relationship quality of SGM‐member couples, contributing to more conflict and worse relationship functioning (Petruzzella, Feinstein, & Lavner, ). At the same time, intimate partners can serve as a key resource for SGM individuals experiencing stigma and discrimination (Donnelly, Robinson, & Umberson, ; Rosenthal, Deosaran, Young, & Starks, ).…”

Section: Diversity Beyond Same‐sex Cisgender‐member Couplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Scholarship on mid‐ to later‐life SGM individuals' relationships must also take into account cumulative exposures to various discriminatory laws, policies, and attitudes (Frost et al, ; Rosenthal et al, ). Individuals in older SGM cohorts grew up in and formed their relationships in distinct historical contexts such as living through the HIV/AIDS crisis and higher degrees of being closeted.…”

Section: Diversity Beyond Same‐sex Cisgender‐member Couplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Gender‐as‐Relational Approach for Theorizing About Romantic Relationships of Sexual and Gender Minority Mid‐ to Later‐Life Adults

Thomeer

Umberson

Reczek

2020

J of Family Theo & Revie

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This article employs the gender-as-relational (GAR) approach to enhance the study of the long-term romantic relationships of sexual and gender minority mid-to later-life adults. The GAR approach states that gender in relationships is shaped by three key factors: own gender, partner gender, and the gendered relational context. This approach emphasizes that the relationship dynamics of men, women, and gender-nonconforming individuals are highly diverse, reflecting that gender is a social construct formed within interactions and institutions. We explicate how GAR can reorganize the study of sexual and gender diversity in three research areas related to aging and relationships-caregiving, marital health benefits, and intimacy-and discuss theory-driven methods appropriate for a GAR research agenda. A GAR framework reorients research by complicating taken-for-granted assumptions about how gender operates in mid-to later-life romantic relationships and queering understandings of aging and romantic

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“…Stigma related to being in an interracial/interethnic relationship likely has discrete effects on the couple above and beyond individual-level stigma and the stigma from being in a same-sex/gender relationship. In a study of people in LGBTQ and/or interracial relationships, participants reported high levels of marginalization of their relationships, because having at least one marginalized identity as an individual compounds the stress from being in a marginalized relationship (Rosenthal, Deosaran, Young, & Starks, 2019).…”

Section: Interracial/interethnic Couplesmentioning

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Associations between individual and couple-level minority stressors and relationship stress in queer women’s interracial/interethnic couple relationships

Veldhuis¹

2020

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Intimate relationships provide protections against excess stress. Little research has investigated this in same-sex/gender couples, and particularly interracial/interethnic same-sex/gender couples. In a sample of N = 215 women in same-sex/gender couple relationships, 43% if whom were in interracial/interethnic relationships, we examined differences in general stressors and both individual- and couple-level minority stressors. Women in interracial/interethnic couple relationships reported higher levels of individual-level childhood stress, microaggressions, stress related to race/ethnicity, and couple-level expectations and stereotypes. We also examined the associations between stressors and relationship outcomes and whether these associations differed comparing women in monoracial and interracial/interethnic couple relationships. We found multiple sources of general stressors and individual- and couple-level stressors that were associated with poorer relationship outcomes but found few differences by whether couples were monoracial or interracial/interethnic. Our findings have implications for couple-level interventions and highlight the importance of taking intersectional approaches to research on same-sex couples, as well as the importance of examining multiple sources and levels of stress.

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Relationship stigma and well-being among adults in interracial and same-sex relationships

Cited by 36 publications

References 59 publications

Couple-Level Minority Stress and Mental Health among People in Same-Sex Relationships: Extending Minority Stress Theory

Couple-Level Minority Stress and Mental Health among People in Same-Sex Relationships: Extending Minority Stress Theory

The Gender‐as‐Relational Approach for Theorizing About Romantic Relationships of Sexual and Gender Minority Mid‐ to Later‐Life Adults

Associations between individual and couple-level minority stressors and relationship stress in queer women’s interracial/interethnic couple relationships

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