Bridget K Gorman

Biographic Data

ID107047
NAMEBridget K Gorman
GIVEN NAMESBridget K
FAMILY NAMEGorman
SIGNATUREGORMAN B K
AFFILIATIONSRice University
ORCID0000-0002-6627-2338
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS54
TOTAL CITATIONS885
AUTHOR COUNT54
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX14

  • Who Cares? Unpaid Caregiving by Sexual Identity, Gender, and Partnership Status Among U.S. Adults

    Open AccessZhe Zhang, Madeline Smith-Johnson et al.ARTICLEDemography2024

    Recent scholarship indicates that sexual minority adults have higher caregiving rates than heterosexuals and that women are more likely to be caregivers than men. However, little research has addressed how gender and sexuality intersect in shaping caregiving status. This study uses data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and aggregates a probability-based sample of adults living in 36 U.S. states between 2015 and 2021. We examine…

  • Smoking at the Intersections of Race/Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation

    Open AccessMin Ju Kim, Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill et al.ARTICLERace and Social Problems2024

    Research has tended to document smoking disparities separately by race/ethnicity and sexual orientation, with relatively less work examining the intersections of both identities. As such, we draw on data from the 2010 Social Justice Sexuality Project to demonstrate how cigarette smoking disparities manifest across detailed intersections of race/ethnicity and sexual orientation among a sample of U.S. adults. Findings from logistic regression model…

  • Gender, Health, and Mortality

    Open AccessMadeline Smith-Johnson, Madeline Smith‐Johnson et al.OTHERThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2024References: 2

    Across all national contexts, women have a mortality advantage over men. Women tend to live with more chronic disabling health conditions, while men tend to have more fatal health outcomes. These trends depend on age and stage of the life course. A growing body of scholarship also shows that transgender adults have some health and mortality disadvantages compared to cisgender adults. Gendered patterns in health depend on the epidemiological and s…

  • Healthcare satisfaction at the intersections of sexual orientation and race/ethnicity

    Open AccessMin Ju Kim, Kiana Wilkins et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2022Cited by: 1References: 14

    While levels of satisfaction with care tend to be generally high across groups, future research should endeavor to investigate the driving factors that lower the odds of high healthcare satisfaction among those with intersecting minority identities

  • Acculturation and Self-rated Health Among Asian Immigrants: The Role of Gender and Age

    Open AccessMin Ju Kim, Bridget K GormanARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2022Cited by: 2References: 69

    Using the 2002–2003 National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS), we examine the relationship between acculturation and poor-to-fair self-rated health (SRH) among Asian immigrants ( N = 1639). Using latent class analysis, we construct a multidimensional measure of acculturation that considers dimensions of involvement in U.S. culture as well as attachment to Asian ethnic cultures and identify three classes of Asian immigrants: the assimilated…

  • Parenthood, stress, and well‐being among cisgender and transgender gay and lesbian adults

    Open AccessZhe Zhang, Hai‐yen Chien et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2021

    OBJECTIVE: This study examines whether and how parenthood status is associated with two key aspects of health- mental well-being and smoking- among sexual minority adults across three gender identity groups: cisgender gay men, cisgender lesbian women, and transgender gay/lesbian adults. BACKGROUND: Parents tend to report worse health than non-parents due to elevated stress associated with parenting. However, most existing scholarship de facto exa…

  • Education and health: The joint role of gender and sexual identity

    Open AccessZhe Zhang, Alexa L Solazzo et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2020

    In sum, this study suggests that the relationship between education and health may depend on the intersection of gender and sexual orientation among U.S. adults

  • Does Sexual Orientation Complicate the Relationship Between Marital Status and Gender With Self-rated Health and Cardiovascular Disease

    Open AccessAlexa Solazzo, Alexa L Solazzo et al.ARTICLEDemography2020Cited by: 5References: 69

    A substantial body of work has demonstrated the importance of marital status for health, yet the vast majority of this work has studied heterosexual marriages and relationships. To understand the role of marital status in shaping health among heterosexual, lesbian, gay, and bisexual men and women, we examine data from a probability-based sample of adults living in 40 U.S. states for selected years between 2011–2015. We test two physical health ou…

  • Yes We Can!” The Mental Health Significance for U.S. Black Adults of Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Election

    Open AccessT N Brown, Alexa L Solazzo et al.ARTICLESociology of Race and Ethnicity2020Cited by: 9References: 23

    This study examines the mental health significance of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential election for black adults. His election was a milestone moment. Hence, we expect black adults would experience improved mental health after the first self-identified black person wins election to the most powerful position in the United States. Using nationally representative survey data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), we address th…

  • Medical Comfort at the Intersection of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

    Open AccessZelma Oyarvide Tuthill, Bridget K GormanARTICLESocial Currents2019References: 22

    Effective and comfortable provider-patient communication is associated with engagement in health-promoting behavior. Although research on medical experiences among sexual minorities has increased, work has not examined how gender intersects with sexual identity to shape medical experiences. Using an intercategorical intersectional approach, we examine whether sexual minorities perceive their medical provider as knowledgeable and comfortable with …

  • The migration decision process among returnees: Assessing the risks and benefits in contemporary Mexico–US migration

    Open AccessSaúl Chávez, C E Altman et al.ARTICLEMigration Studies2019References: 10

    This article investigates how return migrants assess the risks and benefits of migrating internationally by drawing on their previous migration experiences. We draw on data collected in a small city in Guanajuato, Mexico that contains in-depth interviews with 49 participants and 480 surveys on migration and health outcomes for return migrants and nonmigrants. This manuscript contributes to the literature by focusing on how return migrants, who pr…

  • Gender, Education, and Physical Health among Adults in Central Mexico

    Open AccessBridget K Gorman, C E Altman et al.ARTICLESociological Perspectives2019References: 15

    In this paper, we apply an intersectional perspective and test whether resource substitution, which predicts that education will be more strongly related to the health of women than men, is operating among adults included in the 2014 Study of Health and Migration in Mexico (SHMM). Findings revealed modest and somewhat contradictory evidence regarding the potential role of resource substitution. For Mexican women, rates of elevated waist circumfer…

  • Gender, migration and perceptions of HIV risk in Mexico

    Tyler M Woods, C E Altman et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2018

    This study examines the role that duty plays in men's and women's perceptions of HIV-related risk in Mexico, and how gender and migration influence these perceptions. We draw on qualitative data from the 2014 Study of Health and Migration in Mexico (SHMM), which included 24 in-depth interviews with migrant men and non-migrant women living in a medium-sized city in Guanajuato, Mexico. While men report migrating out of responsibility to provide for…

  • Exposure to Violence, Coping Strategies, and Diagnosed Mental Health Problems Among Adults in a Migrant-Sending Community in Central Mexico

    Open AccessC E Altman, Bridget K Gorman et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2018Cited by: 4References: 54

  • State-level climate, anti-discrimination law, and sexual minority health status: An ecological study

    Open AccessAlexa Solazzo, Alexa L Solazzo et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2018Cited by: 14References: 15

  • Racial disparities in health and health behaviors among gay, lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual men and women in the BRFSS-SOP

    Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill, Justin T Denney et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2017Cited by: 5References: 4

    Objectives: Research on sexual minority health lack examinations of how sexual orientation intersects with other identities, including racial/ethnic identity, to shape health outcomes among U.S. adults. This study examines how health status and health behavior varies for gay, lesbian, and bisexual men and women who identify as non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaskan Native. By examining …

  • Framing the Faculty Gender Gap: A View from STEM Doctoral Students

    Open AccessCayce C Hughes, Kristen Schilt et al.ARTICLEGender Work and Organization2017Cited by: 4References: 19

  • Cancer Screening Utilization Among U.S. Women: How Mammogram and Pap Test Use Varies Among Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Bisexual Women

    Open AccessAlexa L Solazzo, Bridget K Gorman et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2017Cited by: 1References: 35

  • Self-rated health, gender, and acculturative stress among immigrants in the U.S: New roles for social support

    Open AccessSarita Panchang, Hilary Dowdy et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2016

  • The mental well-being of Central American transmigrant men in Mexico

    Open AccessC E Altman, Bridget K Gorman et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2016

    To understand the mental health status of Central American migrant men travelling through Mexico to the U.S., we analysed the association between migration-related circumstances/stressors and psychological disorders. In-person interviews and a psychiatric assessment were conducted in 2010 and 2014 with 360 primarily Honduran transmigrant young adult males. The interviews were conducted at three Casas del Migrante (or migrant safe houses) in the m…

  • Gender and the Mental–Physical Health Connection Among U.S. Adults

    Open AccessJen’nan Ghazal Read, Jeremy R Porter et al.ARTICLESociological Forum2016Cited by: 5References: 8

    Using data from the 1995, 1998, and 2001 panels of Aging, Status, and Sense of Control ( ASOC ) Survey, we examine gender differences in the relationship between self‐rated physical health and mental health over time (n = 2,543). Gender‐stratified path models highlight how the nature of the mental–physical health relationship changes when we use indicators of mental health that have traditionally been labeled as female sensitive (depression) or m…

  • Migration Decisions, Acculturation, and Overweight among Asian and Latino Immigrant Adults in the United States

    Open AccessBridget K Gorman, Cynthia Novoa et al.ARTICLEInternational Migration Review2016Cited by: 4References: 50

    Using the 2002–2003 National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS), we examine relationships between acculturation, migration decisions, and overweight among Latino and Asian immigrants. Pooled logistic regression models showed no evidence that acculturation and migration decisions were related to overweight among Asians, but models for Latinos indicated that aspects of acculturation (duration of US residence and English proficiency) and migrat…

  • A New Piece of the Puzzle: Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Physical Health Status

    Open AccessBridget K Gorman, Justin T Denney et al.ARTICLEDemography2015Cited by: 41References: 53

    Although research has long documented the relevance of gender for health, studies that simultaneously incorporate the relevance of disparate sexual orientation groups are sparse. We address these shortcomings by applying an intersectional perspective to evaluate how sexual orientation and gender intersect to pattern self-rated health status among U.S. adults. Our project aggregated probability samples from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance …

  • Gender, acculturation, and smoking behavior among U.S. Asian and Latino immigrants

    Open AccessBridget K Gorman, J T Lariscy et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014

  • Introduction: Population Perspectives on Sexual Minorities

    Open AccessJustin T Denney, Bridget K GormanARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2014References: 11