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Same-sex relationships and minority stress
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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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“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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Metadata
- Authors
- Rostosky, S. S., & Riggle, E. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rostosky, Sharon Scales
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-02
- Volume
- 13
- Pages
- 29-38
- ISSN
- 2352-250X (ISSN-L)
- 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
- FWCI
- 1.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- 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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