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ArticlePsychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity2025

Policy, Relationships, and Well-Being: Associations Between Mental Health and Main Partner Relationships Among Cisgender Sexual Minority Men in the Context of U.S. State-Level Policies.

Tyrel J Starks, Joseph Hillesheim, Rob Stephenson, Gabriel Robles

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Article in Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Romantic Relationship Quality, Depression, and Problematic Drinking: A Comparison of Single and Partnered Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025
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  5. Patterns and correlates of dating and intimate relationship involvement among sexual minority adolescents.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025
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  7. A Narrative Study of Sexual Agreements and HIV Prevention Strategies Among Emerging Adult Sexual Minority Men.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tyrel J StarksDepartment of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Joseph HillesheimDepartment of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Rob StephensonDepartment of Systems, Populations and Leadership, and The Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Gabriel RoblesSchool of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

Funding

Virology and Molecular Biomarkers CoreP30AI050409 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Ann M Chahroudi, Colleen F Kelley · 2002 to 2026
$74.0M
Intervention to reduce drug use and HIV incidence among high PrEP priority partnered YMSMR01DA045613 · NIDA · HUNTER COLLEGE · PI STARKS, TYREL J · 2017 to 2021
$4.9M
Expanding the potential of couples HIV testing: Adjunct modules to reduce drug use among vulnerable male couplesR01DA050508 · NIDA · HUNTER COLLEGE · PI STARKS, TYREL J · 2020 to 2024
$4.5M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI050409NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA045613NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA050508
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mental health disparities are well documented among sexual minority men (SMM) and generally attributed to sexuality-based minority stress. Separate research has established that being in a main or primary partner relationship - particularly one of high quality - is associated with better mental health. The current study tested an integrated model predicting mental health from relationship status and quality, and evaluated the potential for these to indirectly link state-level policy with mental health. Adult cisgender SMM (

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