Marriage and Health : : The Well-Being of Same-Sex Couples / / ed. by Lindsey Wilkinson, Corinne Reczek, Hui Liu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• MitwirkendeR: Alston-Stepnitz, Eli,; Berta, Péter,; Brewster, Karin L,; Brewster, Karin L.,; Brown, Dustin,; Denney, Justin T,; Denney, Justin T.,; Dragon, Christina,; Fan, Wen,; Fenelon, Andrew,; Finken, Emma,; Flood, Sarah Marie,; Frost, David M,; Frost, David M.,; Genadek, Katherine Rose,; Genadek, Katie R.,; Goldberg, Abbie E,; Goldberg, Abbie E.,; Gorman, Bridget K,; Gorman, Bridget K.,; Harker Tillman, Kathryn,; Henry, Rachel L,; Henry, Rachel L.,; Holway, Giuseppina Valle,; Hsieh, Ning,; Joyner, Kara,; Kazyak, Emily,; Krueger, Patrick M,; Kumar, Navya R .,; Kumar, Navya R,; LeBlanc, Allen J,; Leblanc, Allen J.,; Liu, Hui,; Manning, Wendy,; Mernitz, Sara,; Oyarvide Tuthill, Zelma,; Pollitt, Amanda,; Prince, Barbara,; Reczek, Corinne,; Ritter, Lacey J,; Ritter, Lacey J.,; Ross, Lori E .,; Ross, Lori E,; Ruther, Matt,; Saint Onge, Jarron M,; Saint Onge, Jarron M.,; Scotch, Richard K,; Scotch, Richard K.,; Smith, JuliAnna Z,; Smith, Julianna Z.,; Spiker, Russell L .,; Spiker, Russell L,; Sutton, Kara,; Tillman, Kathryn Harker,; Tuthill, Zelma Oyavirde,; Ueno, Koji,; Umberson, Debra,; Valle Holway, Giuseppina,; Wilkinson, Lindsey,
• HerausgeberIn: Liu, Hui,; Reczek, Corinne,; Wilkinson, Lindsey,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.) :; 1 figure, 17 tables

Studies have shown that married couples have better mental and physical health than unmarried people. Leading scholars and policy makers propose that marriage can provide similar benefits to people in both same-sex and different-sex relationships. Though research on the health and well-being of same-sex couples is a new and growing field, Marriage and Health: The Well-Being of Same-Sex Couples represents the forefront of marriage and health research and the far-reaching policy implications for the health of same-sex couples. This collection of essays presents new perspectives that address current opportunities and challenges faced by people in same-sex unions in multiple domains of well-being, including physical and mental health, social support, socialized behaviors, and stigmas. The book offers a broad view of same-sex couples’ experiences by examining not only marriage and civil unions, but also dating and cohabiting relationships as well as same-sex sexual experiences outside of relationships.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- SERIES FOREWORD -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction. The Health and Well-Being of Sexual Minority Couples -- PART ONE. Mental Health -- 1. Serious Mental Illness in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Unions -- 2. Well-Being during Time with a Partner among Men and Women in Same-Sex Unions -- 3. Consequences of Unequal Legal Recognition -- 4. Postpartum Depression and Anxiety in Male-Partnered and Female-Partnered Sexual Minority Women -- PART TWO. Health Behaviors -- 5. Health and Health Behaviors among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Coupled Adults with and without Children -- 6. Couples’ Conjoint Work Hours and Health Behaviors -- 7. Union Status and Overweight or Obesity among Sexual Minority Men and Women -- 8. Same-Sex Contact and Alternative Medicine Usage among Older Adults -- PART THREE. Physical Health, Mortality, and Health Care -- 9. Activity Limitation Disparities between Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples -- 10. Same-Sex Unions and Adult Mortality Risk -- 11. Access to Health Care for Partnered and Nonpartnered Sexual Minorities -- 12. Law and Same-Sex Couples’ Experiences of Childbirth -- 13. Married in Texas -- PART FOUR. Relationship Quality, Experience, and Identity -- 14. Social Context and the Stability of Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships -- 15. Same-Sex Marriage and Mental Health -- 16. First Sexual Experience with a Same-Sex Partner in the United States -- 17. “Two Sides of a Coin” -- Conclusion. Future Directions for Research on Health of Sexual Minority Couples -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX