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Same-sex relationships and minority stress

Rostosky, Sharon Scales, Riggle, Ellen DB·2017·Current Opinion in Psychology
DOI 10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.04.011
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Same-sex relationships are stigmatized in a culture that privileges heterosexual relationships. This stigma creates minority stress in the lives of same-sex couples. We review current research on minority stress and same-sex relationships using an ecological framework to conceptualize the sources of minority stress that impact couples. Findings from this review suggest a need for research that moves conceptually and methodologically beyond a focus on the individual to a focus on the dyad and the interpersonal, institutional, and cultural sources of minority stress that affect couple relationships. Focusing on the strengths and resiliencies of same-sex couples will also extend the research. Creating effective dyadic interventions will promote the health and well-being of same-sex couples and their families.

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  • An important expansion to understanding how stress proliferates in dyadic relationships has developed in the application of minority stress to the study of couples.

    “While stress has traditionally been studied as an individual variable, an important expansion to understanding how stress proliferates in dyadic relationships has developed in the application of minority stress to the study of couples [24,25].”

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Authors
Rostosky, S. S., & Riggle, E. D.
Affiliations
University of Kentucky (US)
Corresponding author
Rostosky, Sharon Scales
ORCID
Venue
Current Opinion in Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-02
Volume
13
Pages
29-38
ISSN
2352-250X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.04.011
OpenAlex
W2343167907
Cited by
136
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2
FWCI
1.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Keywords
same-sex relationships, minority stress, same-sex couples, stigma, heterosexual privilege, ecological model, dyads, dyadic intervention, family well-being

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