Gender, Marriage, and Health for Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples: The Future Keeps Arriving

Umberson, Debra; Kroeger, Rhiannon A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21635-5_12

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“…It remains unknown whether marital processes for same-sex couples are similar and if they confer similar health risks and benefits. Studies of men and women in same-sex and different-sex couples will help to untangle the roles of gender and sexual orientation in relationships’ health effects (Umberson and Kroeger, 2016). …”

Section: Conclusion and Recommendations For Future Workmentioning

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Lovesick: How Couples’ Relationships Influence Health

Kiecolt‐Glaser

Wilson

2017

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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This review highlights recent advances in research addressing intimate partner relationships and health. Consideration of the strong mutual influences that the members of a couple have on each other's mental and physical health trajectories provides a new way to view the health implications of couples’ convergence or interdependence; marital closeness can have a clear downside when one partner has mental or physical health problems. Couples’ interconnectedness can also be leveraged to promote better treatment outcomes. Major themes addressed include the pivotal role of depression, as well as the importance of gender differences in the pathways from the marital relationship to physiological functioning and health. The health risks and benefits of support are weighed. Additionally, two prominent emerging paths from marital distress to poor health are emphasized: sleep problems, and metabolic alterations that promote obesity and its comorbidities.

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Section: Conclusion and Recommendations For Future Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lovesick: How Couples’ Relationships Influence Health

Kiecolt‐Glaser

Wilson

2017

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

345

318

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“…Likewise, there are notable differentials by gender and race in the benefits of marriage with men and Whites typically enjoying more advantages than women and non-Whites, although the gender differential may be attenuating ( Carr & Springer, 2010 ). One way to shed new light on gender dynamics and marriage is to consider same-sex couples ( Umberson & Kroeger, 2016 ). Now that same-sex marriage is legal across the United States, researchers can investigate whether same-sex couples realize benefits from marriage akin to different-sex couples.…”

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Marriage, Cohabitation, and Divorce in Later Life

Brown

Wright

2017

Innovation in Aging

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Older adults are at the forefront of family change as a declining share experiences lifelong marriage and rates of cohabitation and divorce in later life continue to rise. The goal of this article is to review recent scholarship on marriage, cohabitation, and divorce among older adults and identify directions for future research. The varied family experiences characterizing the later life course demonstrate the importance of moving beyond marital status to capture additional dimensions of the marital biography, including transitions, timing, duration, and sequencing. Cohabitation operates as an alternative to marriage for older adults and is increasingly replacing remarriage following divorce or widowhood. The gray divorce rate has doubled in recent decades as older adults abandon marriage in favor of unmarried partnerships or singlehood. The retreat from marriage among older adults raises important questions about the ramifications of family change for health and well-being as well as access to caregivers given that spouses historically have been the primary source of care.

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“…The engagement in healthy behaviors may differ depending on the sex/gender of the partner (Umberson & Kroeger, 2015; Umberson, Thomeer, & Lodge, 2015). In Reczek and Umberson’s 2012 study comparing health behaviors within heterosexual and same-sex relationships, the role of monitoring and shaping the health and health behaviors within heterosexual couples fell to the woman.…”

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Relationship status and drinking-related outcomes in a community sample of lesbian and bisexual women

Veldhuis

Hughes

Drabble

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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Although marriage tends to be protective against hazardous drinking among women in the general population, few studies have compared drinking rates, levels, or problems based on relationship status among sexual minority women (SMW; lesbian, bisexual). We examined associations between relationship status (committed relationship/cohabiting; committed/not cohabiting; single) and past-year drinking outcomes using data from a diverse sample of 696 SMW interviewed in wave 3 of the 17-year longitudinal Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women study. The mean age of SMW in the sample was 40.01 (SD = 14.15; range 18–82). A little more than one-third (37%) of the sample was white, 36% was African American, and 23% Latina; 4% reported another or multi- race/ethnicity. Compared to SMW in committed cohabiting relationships, single SMW were significantly more likely to be heavy drinkers. SMW in committed non-cohabiting relationships were more likely to report alcohol-related problem consequences, and both single SMW and those in committed non-cohabiting relationships were more likely to report one or more symptoms of potential alcohol dependence. Findings underscore the importance of exploring relationship factors that may influence drinking and drinking-related problems among SMW.

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Gender, Marriage, and Health for Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples: The Future Keeps Arriving

Cited by 32 publications

References 40 publications

Lovesick: How Couples’ Relationships Influence Health

Lovesick: How Couples’ Relationships Influence Health

Marriage, Cohabitation, and Divorce in Later Life

Relationship status and drinking-related outcomes in a community sample of lesbian and bisexual women

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