eprintid: 10042194
rev_number: 35
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/10/04/21/94
datestamp: 2018-02-01 13:11:10
lastmod: 2021-09-25 23:12:07
status_changed: 2018-02-01 13:11:10
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: LeBlanc, AJ
creators_name: Frost, DM
creators_name: Bowen, K
title: Legal Marriage, Unequal Recognition, and Mental Health Among Same-Sex Couples
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: The authors examined whether the perception of unequal relationship recognition - a novel couple-level minority stressor - has negative consequences for mental health among same-sex couples. Data were analyzed from a dyadic study of 100 same-sex couples (200 individuals) in the United States. Being in a legal marriage was associated with lower perceived unequal recognition and better mental health; being in a registered domestic partnership or civil union—but not also legally married—was associated with greater perceived unequal recognition and worse mental health. Actor partner interdependence models tested associations between legal relationship status, unequal relationship recognition, and mental health (nonspecific psychological distress, depressive symptomatology, and problematic drinking), net controls (age, gender, race and ethnicity, education, and income). Unequal recognition was consistently associated with worse mental health, independent of legal relationship status. Legal changes affecting relationship recognition should not be seen as simple remedies for addressing the mental health effects of institutionalized discrimination.
date: 2018-04
date_type: published
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12460
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1529291
doi: 10.1111/jomf.12460
lyricists_name: Frost, David
lyricists_id: DFROS30
actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie
actors_id: MDDEW97
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Marriage and Family
volume: 80
number: 2
pagerange: 397-408
issn: 0022-2445
citation:        LeBlanc, AJ;    Frost, DM;    Bowen, K;      (2018)    Legal Marriage, Unequal Recognition, and Mental Health Among Same-Sex Couples.                   Journal of Marriage and Family , 80  (2)   pp. 397-408.    10.1111/jomf.12460 <https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12460>.       Green open access   
 
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