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Title Marriage and health : the well-being of same-sex couples / edited by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, Lindsey Wilkinson
Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2020]

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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
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"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Politics, Marriage, Gender, Global, Health, well-being, same-sex Couples, LGBTQ Studies, Gender Studies, Health Policy, Public Health, Public Policy, Sociology, Anthropology, Gay Studies, Social Science, Family, Pilotical science, Social Policy, Mental Health, Sexuality, minority couples, Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, Lindsey Wilkinson, Mental Illness, Different-Sex, Unions, Dustin Brown, Sarah Marie Flood, Katherine Rose Genadek, Men, Women, Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, Male-Partnered, Female-Partnered, Abbie E. Goldberg, JuliAnna Z. Smith, Lori E. Ross, Health Behaviors, Justin T. Denney, Jarron M. Saint Onge, Bridget K. Gorman, Patrick M. Krueger, children, Sexual Identity, Lesbian Mothers, Rachel L. Henry, Karin L. Brewster, Kathryn Harker Tillman, Giuseppina Valle Holway, Marital Quality, Sara Mernitz, Amanda Pollitt, Debra Umberson, Relationships, Kara Joyner, Wendy Manning, Barbara Prince, physical health, social support, socialized behaviors, stigmas, civil unions, dating Relationship, cohabiting relationships, unmarried couple
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Gay couples -- Health and hygiene
Married people -- Health and hygiene
Gay couples -- Social conditions
Married people -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Gay couples -- Social conditions
Married people -- Health and hygiene
Married people -- Social conditions
Form Electronic book
Author Liu, Hui, 1977- editor.
Reczek, Corinne E., editor.
Wilkinson, Lindsey, 1982- editor.
ISBN 9781978803503
1978803508
9781978803527
1978803524