Sexual Orientation and Mental and Physical Health Status: Findings From a Dutch Population Survey

Sandfort, Theo; Bakker, Fred C.; Schellevis, François G.; Vanwesenbeeck, Ine

doi:10.2105/ajph.2004.058891

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“…4 The same-sex sample size is relatively small, but it matches the estimated share of gay individuals in the population (Sandfort et al, 2006;Bakker et al, 2009). …”

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Subjective Well-Being and Partnership Dynamics; Are Same-Sex Relationships Different

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2017

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“…4 The same-sex sample size is relatively small, but it matches the estimated share of gay individuals in the population (Sandfort et al, 2006;Bakker et al, 2009). …”

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Subjective Well-Being and Partnership Dynamics; Are Same-Sex Relationships Different

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2017

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“…Acquiring sexually transmitted diseases is associated with distress (Cochran and Mays 2007), and AIDS is certainly a major life stressor. Both male and female nonheterosexuals report poorer physical health in general than heterosexuals (Sandfort et al 2006;Cochran and Mays 2007), though it is unclear whether this is due to lifestyle choices, minority-related stressors, or some other mechanism (e.g. common causes, see Section 3.3. below).…”

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Explanations for Elevated Psychiatric Vulnerability in Nonheterosexuals: Environmental Stressors, Genetics, and the HPA and HPG Axes

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2011

Psychiatric Disorders - Worldwide Advances

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“…The data used for this study originate from the second Dutch National Survey of General Practice, carried out in 2001 (Sandfort, Bakker, Schellevis, & Vanwesenbeeck, 2006;Westert et al, 2004). This is a health interview survey in which an all-age random sample of the Dutch population was invited to participate.…”

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Coping Styles as Mediator of Sexual Orientation-Related Health Differences

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The higher prevalence of health problems in homosexual compared to heterosexual populations is usually understood as a consequence of minority stress. We hypothesized that differential rates of health problems also could result from sexual orientation-related differences in coping styles. We explored this using data collected in a general population-based study (N = 9684) via face-to-face interviews. A higher prevalence of both mental and physical health problems, as assessed with individual questions, the GHQ-12, and checklists, was observed in homosexual compared to heterosexual men and women. Coping style was related to sexual orientation in men, but not in women. Compared to heterosexual men, homosexual men more strongly applied emotion-oriented and avoidance coping strategies. Emotion-oriented coping mediated the differences in mental and physical health between heterosexual and homosexual men. Findings suggest the importance of further exploration of the development and use of emotionoriented and avoidance coping by homosexual men.

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Sexual Orientation and Mental and Physical Health Status: Findings From a Dutch Population Survey

Abstract: We found that sexual orientation was associated with mental as well as physical health. The causal processes responsible for these differences by sexual orientation need further exploration.

Cited by 194 publications

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Subjective Well-Being and Partnership Dynamics; Are Same-Sex Relationships Different

Subjective Well-Being and Partnership Dynamics; Are Same-Sex Relationships Different

Explanations for Elevated Psychiatric Vulnerability in Nonheterosexuals: Environmental Stressors, Genetics, and the HPA and HPG Axes

Coping Styles as Mediator of Sexual Orientation-Related Health Differences

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