Marriage and health : the well-being of same-sex couples / edited by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, Lindsey Wilkinson.

ISBN:

9781978803503

9781978803527

Title:

Marriage and health : the well-being of same-sex couples / edited by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, Lindsey Wilkinson.

Author:

Liu, Hui, 1977- editor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 280 pages) : illustrations

Series:

The politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts

Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts.

Contents:

Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Foreword by Péter Berta -- 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: Same-Sex Couples' Experiences of Stress Prior to Obergefell v. Hodges

4. Postpartum Depression and Anxiety in Male-Partnered and Female-Partnered Sexual Minority Women: A Longitudinal Study -- 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: Do Gender and Sexual Identity Matter? -- 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: A Nationally Representative Analysis -- 11. Access to Health Care for Partnered and Nonpartnered Sexual Minorities -- 12. Law and Same-Sex Couples' Experiences of Childbirth -- 13. Married in Texas: Findings from an LGBTQ Community Needs Assessment -- 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: The Role of Marital Quality

16. First Sexual Experience with a Same-Sex Partner in the United States: Evidence from a National Sample -- 17. "Two Sides of a Coin": Nuances of Maternal Identity for Lesbian Mothers -- Conclusion: Future Directions for Research on Health of Sexual Minority Couples -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Gay couples -- Health and hygiene.

Married people -- Health and hygiene.

Gay couples -- Social conditions.

Married people -- Social conditions.

Couples mariés -- Santé et hygiène.

Couples mariés -- Conditions sociales.

SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.

Gay couples -- Social conditions

Married people -- Health and hygiene

Married people -- Social conditions

Added Author:

Liu, Hui, 1977-

Reczek, Corinne E.,

Wilkinson, Lindsey, 1982-

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2318024

Publication Date:

2020

Publication Information:

New Brunswick, New Jersey :

Rutgers University Press,

[2020]

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Summary

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.

Author Notes

Hiu Liu is a professor of sociology at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

Corinne Reczek is an associate professor of sociology at Ohio State University in Columbus.

Lindsey Wilkinson is an associate professor of sociology at Portland State University, Oregon.

Reviews (2)

Choice Review

Marriage and Health lives up to its title, as editors Liu (Michigan State Univ.), Reczek (Ohio State Univ.), and Wilkinson (Portland State Univ.) have successfully collected a variety of research studies investigating the effects of same-sex marriage on the health of its members. Scholars of marriage will find very little in this book to surprise them about the health benefits of same-sex marriage, as many of these benefits have long been associated with different-sex marriage. In this way, this book takes steps in demonstrating important similarities between same-sex and different-sex relationships. Indeed, these differences stem largely from the cultural suppression that still plagues same-sex relationships. The editors should be commended for the breadth with which they treat the topic and the progress this collection represents in helping to empirically normalize same-sex marriage. Readers should not expect to find anything earth-shattering in what is presented; the book is little more than a collection of single-study articles with rather unsurprising results. However, it may be worthwhile for some libraries, and perhaps students, to have these studies collected in a single volume. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. --Joseph Ostenson, The University of Tennessee at Martin