ArticleJournal of health and social behavior2016
Physical Illness in Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Marriages: Gendered Dyadic Experiences.
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- Doing Genders: Partner's Gender and Labor Market Behavior.American sociological review · 2024Article
- New Opportunities for Advancing Dyadic Health Science in Gerontology.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Minority Stress and Dyadic Stress in Same-Sex Couples: The Role of Dyadic Coping and Relationship Duration.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2024Article
- Marital Stress and Emotion Work in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Marriages: The Moderating Role of Childhood Adversity.Journal of family studies · 2023Article
- Equity in the Provision of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2022Article
- Impairment in Activities of Daily Living and Unmet Need for Care Among Older Adults: A Population-Based Study From Burkina Faso.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Dyadic quality of life among heterosexual and sexual minority breast cancer survivors and their caregivers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
- The Gender-as-Relational Approach for Theorizing About Romantic Relationships of Sexual and Gender Minority Mid- to Later-Life Adults.Journal of family theory & review · 2020Article
- Does Sexual Orientation Complicate the Relationship Between Marital Status and Gender With Self-rated Health and Cardiovascular Disease?Demography · 2020Article
- "Go See Somebody": How Spouses Promote Mental Health Care.Society and mental health · 2020Article
- Family Matters: Research on Family Ties and Health, 2010-2020.Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- Sexual- and Gender-Minority Families: A 2010 to 2020 Decade in Review.Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- Can Spouses Buffer the Impact of Discrimination on Depressive Symptoms? An Examination of Same-sex and Different-sex Marriages.Society and mental health · 2019Article
- Marriage, Social Control, and Health Behavior: A Dyadic Analysis of Same-sex and Different-sex Couples.Journal of health and social behavior · 2018Article
- Health and Health Behavior Concordance between Spouses in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Marriages.Social currents · 2018Article
- Social Support and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Gay and Bisexual Men With Prostate Cancer.Oncology nursing forum · 2018Article
- Childhood Adversity, Daily Stress, and Marital Strain in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Marriages.Journal of family issues · 2018Article
- Planning for Future Care and the End of Life: A Qualitative Analysis of Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Couples.Journal of health and social behavior · 2017Article
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Abstract
The inclusion of same-sex married couples can illuminate and challenge assumptions about gender that are routinely taken for granted in studies of physical illness. We analyze gender dynamics in gay, lesbian, and heterosexual marriages with in-depth interview data from 90 spouses (45 couples) to consider how spouses co-construct illness experiences in ways that shape relationship dynamics. Overall, findings indicate that men tend to downplay illness and thus provide minimal care work, whereas women tend to construct illness as immersive and involving intensive care work-in both same-sex and different-sex marriages. Yet same-sex spouses describe similar constructions of illness much more so than different-sex couples, and as such, same-sex spouses describe less illness-related disagreement and stress. These findings help inform policies to support the health of gay and lesbian, as well as heterosexual, patients and their spouses, an important goal given health disparities of gay and lesbian populations.
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