Marital status transitions and psychological distress: 
longitudinal evidence from a national population sample

Hope, Steven; Rodgers, Bryan; Power, Chris

doi:10.1017/s0033291798008149

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“…For living arrangements, while step-parent families are more financially sound compared to single-parent families, step-parent families still fall behind in relation to families led by biological parents (Thomson, Hanson, & McLanahan, 1994). Finally, the mother's education also has a positive effect on the psychological well-being and socioemotional adjustment of adolescents in first-married families and continuously single-parent families (Hope, Power, & Rogers, 1999). Parental mental health may well be the most important family influence.…”

Section: Individual and Family Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Social Capital on the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents

Yamaguchi

2013

IJPS

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This study examines the impact of social capital and individual/family characteristics on the psychological well-being of 12-to 17-year-old adolescents in the United States. The data were provided by the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF). In order to examine the abovementioned effects, social capital as well as individual/family characteristics are included using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models. The findings are important since empirical validation of the theoretical relationship between social capital and individual/family characteristics, as well as the psychological well-being of adolescents, is not found in the literature. The concept of social capital in the literature is only elaborated as having three distinct dimensions (bonding, bridging, and linking), which suggests that further research using measurement models should focus on these dimensions in order to explore whether a more precise relationship can be discovered.

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Section: Individual and Family Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Social Capital on the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents

Yamaguchi

2013

IJPS

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“…Generally role quality (Bromberger, 1998) and stability (Costello, 1991) rather than role occupancy seem to have more impact on mental health. Studies suggest that loss of a partner through bereavement or separation has acute and longer term effects on psychological distress (Hope, Rodgers, & Power, 1999;Richards, Hardy, & Wadsworth, 1997). Parenting of adolescent children may be a time of great stress (Silverberg, 1996) and, despite some discussion of an empty nest syndrome, an improvement in wellbeing may occur when children leave home (Aquilino, 1996;Sawyer Radloff, 1980).…”

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Lifetime risk factors for women's psychological distress in midlife

Kuh

Hardy

Rodgers

et al. 2002

Social Science & Medicine

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“…These life stage experiences with sexual stigma and bullying indicate a need for research on who, in the LGBT community, gets married as selectivity may be present. Yet, some studies on the benefit of marriage indicate that relationship between marriage and outcomes, such as, psychological health, go beyond selection effects (Hope et al, 1999;Kim and McKenry, 2002;Lamb et al, 2003). Our recommendation is for a case-control study design predicting marriage with independent variables, such as childhood experiences with bullying or stigma, that are antecedent to the dependent variable as these experiences can have long lasting effects (Bontempo and D'Augelli, 2002;Rivers, 2001).…”

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A Comparative Examination of Unhealthy Behaviors and Negative-LGBT Experiences among Individuals in Legal Same-Sex Marriages and in Committed Same-Sex Relationships

Majumdar¹,

Rollman-Tinajero²

2017

Journal of Social Sciences

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Extant literature on different-sex marriage has widely demonstrated its beneficial and protective effects. Given that legal samesex marriage has been available on a state-by-state basis only since 2004 starting with Massachusetts and nationwide since 2015 after the Supreme Court Ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges, it is imperative to understand if those entering legal same-sex marriage are different from those who are not entering this institution. We identify unhealthy behaviors, such as binge drinking and not being faithful and negative LGB-experiences, such as stigma and bullying, to examine if those in legal same-sex marriage participate in these behaviors or have these experiences at different levels compared to those in committed relationships. Using a U.S. sample convenience (N = 158), represented strongly by the state of Texas, we found that those in legal marriages participated in unhealthy behaviors and experienced negative LGB-experiences at levels lower than those in committed relationships. Results from multivariate analyses, using Poisson's regression model, indicate that being legally married as opposed to being in committed relationship reduced unhealthy behaviors and negative experiences after controlling for sociodemographic factors. We recommend further research on same-sex marriage because of its potential implications on health.

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Marital status transitions and psychological distress: longitudinal evidence from a national population sample

Cited by 133 publications

References 31 publications

Impact of Social Capital on the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents

Impact of Social Capital on the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents

Lifetime risk factors for women's psychological distress in midlife

A Comparative Examination of Unhealthy Behaviors and Negative-LGBT Experiences among Individuals in Legal Same-Sex Marriages and in Committed Same-Sex Relationships

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