A Comparison of Relationship Satisfaction, Social Support, and Stress Between Women with First and Prior Same-Sex Relationships

Reeves, Teresa; Horne, Sharon G.

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“…It is also necessary to replicate the current results with a more diverse sample of lesbian participants in terms of race/ethnicity, age, openness about sexual identity, and internalized homophobia. This is particularly important because internalized homophobia may have a stronger association with outcome measures (including mental health and relationship quality) when women first come ''out'' as lesbian (and are likely to be younger) than when they are older adults (Meyer, 1995;Newcomb & Mustanski, 2010;Reeves & Horne, 2009). It would also be beneficial in future research to enroll couples as participants.…”

Section: Directions For Future Researchmentioning

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Sexual Minority Stressors and Psychological Aggression in Lesbian Women’s Intimate Relationships

Lewis

Milletich

Derlega

et al. 2014

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Our study examined how two sexual minority stressors (internalized homophobia and social constraints in talking with others about one’s minority sexual identity) are related to psychological aggression (PA) in lesbian women’s relationships. PA includes a range of methods to hurt, coerce, control, and intimidate intimate partners. Rumination (i.e., brooding about one’s self and life situation) and relationship satisfaction were examined as potential mediating variables. Self-identified lesbian women in a same-sex relationship ( N = 220) were recruited from a market research firm’s online panel. Participants completed measures of internalized homophobia, social constraints, rumination, relationship satisfaction, and frequency of past year PA victimization and perpetration. Internalized homophobia and social constraints in talking to friends about sexual identity yielded a positive indirect link with PA via a sequential path through rumination and relationship satisfaction. There was an additional indirect positive association of minority stressors with PA via a unique path through rumination. These results demonstrate the importance of continued efforts toward reducing minority stress, where possible, as well as enhancing coping. Given the importance of rumination and relationship satisfaction in the link between minority stressors and PA, it is imperative to improve adaptive coping responses to sexual minority stressors. Development and validation of individual- and couples-based interventions that address coping with sexual minority stressors using methods that decrease rumination and brooding and increase relationship satisfaction are certainly warranted.

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Section: Directions For Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual Minority Stressors and Psychological Aggression in Lesbian Women’s Intimate Relationships

Lewis

Milletich

Derlega

et al. 2014

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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“…On the one hand, level of outness is highly correlated to internalized homonegativity (Reeves & Horne, 2009) but internalized homonegativity does not consistently affect sexual function (e.g., Biss & Horne, 2005;Frost & Meyer, 2009;Kuyper & Vanwesenbeeck, 2011), so it is possible that a discrepancy in level of outness between partners would have no effect on sexual function. On the other hand, a discrepancy between partners may be reflective of a discrepancy in personal values that is associated with lower levels of relationship satisfaction in lesbian women (Eldridge & Gilbert, 1990) and could therefore indirectly affect sexual function.…”

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Women who have sex with women: a comprehensive review of the literature and conceptual model of sexual function

Armstrong

Reissing

2013

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

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Intersectionality in Sex Therapy: Opportunities for Promoting Sexual Wellness Among Queer People of Color

Heredia

Rider

2020

Curr Sex Health Rep

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A Comparison of Relationship Satisfaction, Social Support, and Stress Between Women with First and Prior Same-Sex Relationships

Cited by 10 publications

References 32 publications

Sexual Minority Stressors and Psychological Aggression in Lesbian Women’s Intimate Relationships

Sexual Minority Stressors and Psychological Aggression in Lesbian Women’s Intimate Relationships

Women who have sex with women: a comprehensive review of the literature and conceptual model of sexual function

Intersectionality in Sex Therapy: Opportunities for Promoting Sexual Wellness Among Queer People of Color

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