Allen J Leblanc
Biographic Data
| ID | 128309 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allen J Leblanc |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allen J |
| FAMILY NAME | Leblanc |
| SIGNATURE | LEBLANC A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Francisco State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5242-7650 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 467 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Transforming through switch points: Latinx nonbinary individuals’ experiences of moving from internalized cisnormativity to liberated consciousness
Latent Constructs of Economic Marginality Associated with Sexual Behavior, Healthcare Access and HIV Outcomes Among Transgender and Nonbinary People in Three U.S. Cities
Limitations to Participation in Family of Origin Among Same Sex Couples: A Couple-Level Minority Stressor
Emerging studies focus on minority stressors emanating from society's stigmatization of particular relationship forms (i.e., couple-level minority stressors). The present study examines how same-sex couples experience one such couple-level minority stressor: limitations to participation in families of origin. Qualitative data are drawn from a sub-sample of same-sex couples (N = 18) who participated in a large-scale study of minority stress among …
An intersectional approach to understanding minority stressors and relationship satisfaction in sexual and gender minority women’s same-gender interracial/interethnic intimate relationships
Women in relationships that are both same-gender and interracial/interethnic experience unique minority stressors. Intersectionality theory suggests that minority stressors related to marginalization across sexual identity, gender, race, and ethnicity create synergistic experiences of minority stressors. Arguably, these intersectional stressors expand beyond individual-level lived experiences to also impact one's romantic relationship. The goals …
Invalidation and mental health among nonbinary individuals
This study examines the experience of a unique minority stressor, gender identity invalidation (henceforth referred to as invalidation), which is defined as the refusal to accept someone's gender identity as real or valid, among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) individuals. Data are drawn from a large and diverse sample of TNB adults who participated in a quantitative survey concerning transgender identity, minority stress, and mental health ( N =…
How stigma gets “in between”: Associations between changes in perceived stigma, closeness discrepancies, and relationship satisfaction among same‐sex couples
Same‐sex couples continue to experience social stigma, which can have negative consequences for the quality of their relationships. The current study combined minority stress theory with closeness discrepancy theory in an examination of how the production of disjunctures between actual and ideal experiences of closeness (i.e., closeness discrepancies) accounts for an indirect association between stigma and relationship quality. Data were obtained…
The complicated connection between closeness and the quality of romantic relationships
Closeness is often considered synonymous with better quality romantic relationships. However, individual differences exist in the degree of closeness people desire in their relationships. This study examined the implications that discrepancies between actual and ideal closeness have for relationship quality in romantic couples. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 103 cohabiting couples ( N = 206) in the United States, who were randoml…
Stigmatization, Resilience, and Mental Health Among a Diverse Community Sample of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals in the U.S
Couple-Level Minority Stress and Mental Health among People in Same-Sex Relationships: Extending Minority Stress Theory
We simultaneously examined the effects of individual- and couple-level minority stressors on mental health among people in same-sex relationships. Individual-level minority stressors emerge from the stigmatization of sexual minority individuals; couple-level minority stressors emerge from the stigmatization of same-sex relationships. Dyadic data from 100 same-sex couples from across the United States were analyzed with actor–partner interdependen…
Masculinity and Minority Stress among Men in Same-sex Relationships
Although previous research has examined associations among masculinity, sexual orientation, minority stress, and mental health, these studies focused exclusively on individuals as units of analysis. This study investigates how men in same-sex relationships uniquely experience minority stress associated with their perceptions and performances of masculinity, as individuals and as couples. Qualitative, dyadic data are drawn from in-depth interviews…
Sociopolitical Change and Transgender People’s Perceptions of Vulnerability and Resilience
Invalidation Experiences Among Non-Binary Adolescents
Mental health disparities among transgender adolescents are well documented and have generally been attributed to minority stress. However, significantly less is known about the minority stress experiences of non-binary adolescents or those who do not identify as exclusively male or female. This study qualitatively explored the unique ways that non-binary adolescents experience minority stress and how it influences their mental health and well-be…
Anticipatory Minority Stressors among Same-sex Couples: A Relationship Timeline Approach
The authors build on previous stress theories by drawing attention to the concept of anticipatory couple-level minority stressors (i.e., stressors expected to occur in the future that emanate from the stigmatization of certain relationship forms). A focus on anticipatory couple-level minority stressors brings with it the potential for important insight into vulnerabilities and resiliencies of people in same-sex relationships, the focus of this st…
Legal Marriage, Unequal Recognition, and Mental Health Among Same-Sex Couples
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 ci…
Couple-level Minority Stress: An Examination of Same-sex Couples' Unique Experiences
Social stress resulting from stigma, prejudice, and discrimination-'minority stress'-negatively impacts sexual minority individuals' health and relational well-being. The present study examined how being in a same-sex couple can result in exposure to unique minority stressors not accounted for at the individual level. Relationship timeline interviews were conducted with 120 same-sex couples equally distributed across two study sites (Atlanta and …
Internalized gay ageism, mattering, and depressive symptoms among midlife and older gay-identified men
Similar Others in Same-Sex Couples' Social Networks
Same-sex couples experience unique minority stressors. It is known that strong social networks facilitate access to psychosocial resources that help people reduce and manage stress. However, little is known about the social networks of same-sex couples, in particular their connections to other same-sex couples, which is important to understand given that the presence of similar others in social networks can ameliorate social stress for stigmatize…
Minority Stress and Stress Proliferation Among Same-Sex and Other Marginalized Couples
Drawing from 2 largely isolated approaches to the study of social stress-stress proliferation and minority stress-the authors theorize about stress and mental health among same-sex couples. With this integrated stress framework, they hypothesized that couple-level minority stressors may be experienced by individual partners and jointly by couples as a result of the stigmatized status of their same-sex relationship-a novel concept. They also consi…
Nonevent stress contributes to mental health disparities based on sexual orientation: Evidence from a personal projects analysis
This study examined the role of nonevent stress--in the form of frustrated personal project pursuits in the arenas of relationships and work--as a contributing factor to mental health disparities between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) populations. A purposive sample of 431 LGB (55%) and heterosexually identified (45%) individuals living in the United States and Canada completed the Personal Project Inventory by describing and r…
Same-Sex Legal Marriage and Psychological Well-Being: Findings From the California Health Interview Survey
Objectives. We examined whether same-sex marriage was associated with nonspecific psychological distress among self-identified lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults, and whether it had the potential to offset mental health disparities between lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons and heterosexuals. Methods. Population-based data (weighted) were from the 2009 adult (aged 18–70 years) California Health Interview Survey. Within-group analysis of lesbian, g…
Stress and Mental Health Among Midlife and Older Gay-Identified Men
Objectives. We investigated associations between stress and mental health (positive affect, depressive symptoms) among HIV-negative and HIV-positive midlife and older gay-identified men, along with the mediating and moderating effects of mastery and emotional support. We also studied the mental health effects of same-sex marriage. Methods. We obtained data from self-administered questionnaires completed in 2009 or 2010 by a subsample (n = 202; av…
Conceptualizations of Family by Older Gay Men
Gay lives challenge historically dominant understandings of family. Given that definitions of family have been heterosexually based, how do non-heterosexuals define and understand “family?” Drawing from the family life course perspective, we propose that contemporary cohorts of older gay men represent a strategic vantage point for understanding innovations in family life, and thus expand current understandings of a gay life course. We use data fr…
Stress buffering effects of family support in Aids caregiving
This study examines the effects of family support on AIDS caregiver stress over time, comparing HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay-identified men who care for a friend or partner living with HIV (PLWH). Support from the care-recipient's family of origin is assessed, and the stress buffering effects of this type of support are explored longitudinally within a stress proliferation framework for 276 men (114 were HIV-positive, 162 were HIV-negative).…
Readings in the Sociology of Aids
What Is Sociological about AIDS? *Social Epidemiology and Demography *Identity and Behavior *The Life Course *Caregiving *Knowledge, Attitudes, and Collective Behavior *Social Stratification *Organizations and Services *Health Professions and Occupations *Economics *Public Policy Index
Reciprocity and Depression in Aids Caregiving
A community-based sample of informal AIDS caregivers was surveyed between 1990 and 1992 about the degree to which they perceive reciprocity with the recipient of their care. Equivalent exchanges between caregivers and care recipients are unlikely, a general fact that may have been particularly true in the case of AIDS at the beginning of the 1990s. Yet perceived reciprocity is remarkably high in this sample across all relationship types. Multivar…
Minority Stress and Stress Proliferation Among Same-Sex and Other Marginalized Couples
Drawing from 2 largely isolated approaches to the study of social stress-stress proliferation and minority stress-the authors theorize about stress and mental health among same-sex couples. With this integrated stress framework, they hypothesized that couple-level minority stressors may be experienced by individual partners and jointly by couples as a result of the stigmatized status of their same-sex relationship-a novel concept. They also consi…
The Forms and Mechanisms of Stress Proliferation: The Case of Aids Caregivers
Processes of stress proliferation are explored in a sample of informal caregivers to people with AIDS. Proliferation refers to the tendency for stressors to beget stressors. Two forms of proliferation are explored, each based on the distinction between primary and secondary stressors. Among AIDS caregivers, primary stressors are the hardships rooted in the caregiving role. Secondary stressors result from primary stressors, but arise in roles and …
Same-Sex Legal Marriage and Psychological Well-Being: Findings From the California Health Interview Survey
Objectives. We examined whether same-sex marriage was associated with nonspecific psychological distress among self-identified lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults, and whether it had the potential to offset mental health disparities between lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons and heterosexuals. Methods. Population-based data (weighted) were from the 2009 adult (aged 18–70 years) California Health Interview Survey. Within-group analysis of lesbian, g…
Internalized gay ageism, mattering, and depressive symptoms among midlife and older gay-identified men
Couple-level Minority Stress: An Examination of Same-sex Couples' Unique Experiences
Social stress resulting from stigma, prejudice, and discrimination-'minority stress'-negatively impacts sexual minority individuals' health and relational well-being. The present study examined how being in a same-sex couple can result in exposure to unique minority stressors not accounted for at the individual level. Relationship timeline interviews were conducted with 120 same-sex couples equally distributed across two study sites (Atlanta and …
Invalidation Experiences Among Non-Binary Adolescents
Mental health disparities among transgender adolescents are well documented and have generally been attributed to minority stress. However, significantly less is known about the minority stress experiences of non-binary adolescents or those who do not identify as exclusively male or female. This study qualitatively explored the unique ways that non-binary adolescents experience minority stress and how it influences their mental health and well-be…
Stress and Mental Health Among Midlife and Older Gay-Identified Men
Objectives. We investigated associations between stress and mental health (positive affect, depressive symptoms) among HIV-negative and HIV-positive midlife and older gay-identified men, along with the mediating and moderating effects of mastery and emotional support. We also studied the mental health effects of same-sex marriage. Methods. We obtained data from self-administered questionnaires completed in 2009 or 2010 by a subsample (n = 202; av…
The physical costs of Aids caregiving
Anticipatory Minority Stressors among Same-sex Couples: A Relationship Timeline Approach
The authors build on previous stress theories by drawing attention to the concept of anticipatory couple-level minority stressors (i.e., stressors expected to occur in the future that emanate from the stigmatization of certain relationship forms). A focus on anticipatory couple-level minority stressors brings with it the potential for important insight into vulnerabilities and resiliencies of people in same-sex relationships, the focus of this st…
Legal Marriage, Unequal Recognition, and Mental Health Among Same-Sex Couples
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 ci…
Examining HIV-related Knowledge Among Adults in the U.S
Supplemental AIDS data from the 1987 National Health Interview Survey indicate that adults in the U.S. know the most frequent modes of HIV transmission, but lack a more comprehensive understanding of HIV and AIDS. Elements from a diffusion model were isolated to create a path-analytic framework for examining the effects of population or recipient characteristics and information sources or communication channels on HIV-related knowledge with these…
Nonevent stress contributes to mental health disparities based on sexual orientation: Evidence from a personal projects analysis
This study examined the role of nonevent stress--in the form of frustrated personal project pursuits in the arenas of relationships and work--as a contributing factor to mental health disparities between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) populations. A purposive sample of 431 LGB (55%) and heterosexually identified (45%) individuals living in the United States and Canada completed the Personal Project Inventory by describing and r…
Sociopolitical Change and Transgender People’s Perceptions of Vulnerability and Resilience
Conceptualizations of Family by Older Gay Men
Gay lives challenge historically dominant understandings of family. Given that definitions of family have been heterosexually based, how do non-heterosexuals define and understand “family?” Drawing from the family life course perspective, we propose that contemporary cohorts of older gay men represent a strategic vantage point for understanding innovations in family life, and thus expand current understandings of a gay life course. We use data fr…
The complicated connection between closeness and the quality of romantic relationships
Closeness is often considered synonymous with better quality romantic relationships. However, individual differences exist in the degree of closeness people desire in their relationships. This study examined the implications that discrepancies between actual and ideal closeness have for relationship quality in romantic couples. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 103 cohabiting couples ( N = 206) in the United States, who were randoml…
Similar Others in Same-Sex Couples' Social Networks
Same-sex couples experience unique minority stressors. It is known that strong social networks facilitate access to psychosocial resources that help people reduce and manage stress. However, little is known about the social networks of same-sex couples, in particular their connections to other same-sex couples, which is important to understand given that the presence of similar others in social networks can ameliorate social stress for stigmatize…
Reciprocity and Depression in Aids Caregiving
A community-based sample of informal AIDS caregivers was surveyed between 1990 and 1992 about the degree to which they perceive reciprocity with the recipient of their care. Equivalent exchanges between caregivers and care recipients are unlikely, a general fact that may have been particularly true in the case of AIDS at the beginning of the 1990s. Yet perceived reciprocity is remarkably high in this sample across all relationship types. Multivar…
How stigma gets “in between”: Associations between changes in perceived stigma, closeness discrepancies, and relationship satisfaction among same‐sex couples
Same‐sex couples continue to experience social stigma, which can have negative consequences for the quality of their relationships. The current study combined minority stress theory with closeness discrepancy theory in an examination of how the production of disjunctures between actual and ideal experiences of closeness (i.e., closeness discrepancies) accounts for an indirect association between stigma and relationship quality. Data were obtained…
Invalidation and mental health among nonbinary individuals
This study examines the experience of a unique minority stressor, gender identity invalidation (henceforth referred to as invalidation), which is defined as the refusal to accept someone's gender identity as real or valid, among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) individuals. Data are drawn from a large and diverse sample of TNB adults who participated in a quantitative survey concerning transgender identity, minority stress, and mental health ( N =…
Health-Related Worry among Informal Aids Caregivers
We examine health-related worries among a sample of informal AIDS caregivers ( N = 640), people caring for a friend, loved one or kin outside the formal health care system. Two dimensions of worry are assessed: (1) a generalized sense of vulnerability to sickness; and (2) perceptions of care provision as risky in itself. Many informal AIDS caregivers, whether they are HIV seronegative or seropositive, harbor considerable worry about their own vul…
Limitations to Participation in Family of Origin Among Same Sex Couples: A Couple-Level Minority Stressor
Emerging studies focus on minority stressors emanating from society's stigmatization of particular relationship forms (i.e., couple-level minority stressors). The present study examines how same-sex couples experience one such couple-level minority stressor: limitations to participation in families of origin. Qualitative data are drawn from a sub-sample of same-sex couples (N = 18) who participated in a large-scale study of minority stress among …
An intersectional approach to understanding minority stressors and relationship satisfaction in sexual and gender minority women’s same-gender interracial/interethnic intimate relationships
Women in relationships that are both same-gender and interracial/interethnic experience unique minority stressors. Intersectionality theory suggests that minority stressors related to marginalization across sexual identity, gender, race, and ethnicity create synergistic experiences of minority stressors. Arguably, these intersectional stressors expand beyond individual-level lived experiences to also impact one's romantic relationship. The goals …
Examining HIV-related Knowledge Among Adults in the U.S
Supplemental AIDS data from the 1987 National Health Interview Survey indicate that adults in the U.S. know the most frequent modes of HIV transmission, but lack a more comprehensive understanding of HIV and AIDS. Elements from a diffusion model were isolated to create a path-analytic framework for examining the effects of population or recipient characteristics and information sources or communication channels on HIV-related knowledge with these…
Aids in the World
This volume provides a global review of the AIDS situation. The work covers the period from the first recognition of AIDS in the early 1980s through mid-1992 thus contains both a retrospective and a current analysis of the pandemics dimensions shape and impact as well as the range of societal responses. The book attempts to provide the data projections and information needed to analyze current and future trends in the epidemic and projects that b…
Support service use by persons with Aids and their caregivers
The purpose of this study was to identify factors related to the use and non-use of emotional and practical support services by persons with AIDS (PWAs) and their informal caregivers. Unmet need for PWA support services and perceived barriers to the use of these types of services were also identified. Structured interviews were conducted with 472 self-selected informal AIDS caregivers in greater Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area. Data fr…
Psychotherapy use and depression among Aids caregivers
Psychotherapy use and depression among AIDS caregivers were examined with two waves of data from a panel survey of caregivers in Los Angeles and San Francisco (N = 472). Both were studied as outcomes driven by an array of determining factors (e.g., caregivers and care recipient health; care-related stress). AIDS caregivers exhibited relatively high rates of psychotherapy use (31% reported using at the time of initial interview). Care- related str…
Adoption of HIV-Related Services Among Urban US Hospitals 1988 and 1991
Recent reports document that US hospitals vary considerably, notably by ownership, in the number of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients they treat. Still, little is known about other types of hospital response to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS and the relative strength of ownership as a determining factor. With annual survey data from the American Hospital Association the authors examine the formal adoption of HIV-rela…
The physical costs of Aids caregiving
The Forms and Mechanisms of Stress Proliferation: The Case of Aids Caregivers
Processes of stress proliferation are explored in a sample of informal caregivers to people with AIDS. Proliferation refers to the tendency for stressors to beget stressors. Two forms of proliferation are explored, each based on the distinction between primary and secondary stressors. Among AIDS caregivers, primary stressors are the hardships rooted in the caregiving role. Secondary stressors result from primary stressors, but arise in roles and …
The integration of informal care, case management and community-based services for persons with HIV/Aids
This research examines the integration of informal and formal care for persons with HIV/AIDS. Data come from a panel survey of informal HIV/AIDS caregivers (N = 642) and are analyzed using a modified version of the Behavioral Model that allows for inclusion of predisposing, enabling and need characteristics of persons with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers. The outcome component of our model emphasizes the role of case management as an intermediary s…
Community-based service use by people with Aids: The Relevance of Informal Caregivers
This paper reports on community-based service use by persons with AIDS or disabling HIV (PWAs) who have an informal caregiver, with specific focus on four categories of service: nursing care; practical help; psychological services; and help with the management of personal affairs. Data are drawn from a large-scale community-based survey of caregivers in San Francisco and Los Angeles (n = 642). Caregivers report that PWAs make substantial use of c…
Health-Related Worry among Informal Aids Caregivers
We examine health-related worries among a sample of informal AIDS caregivers ( N = 640), people caring for a friend, loved one or kin outside the formal health care system. Two dimensions of worry are assessed: (1) a generalized sense of vulnerability to sickness; and (2) perceptions of care provision as risky in itself. Many informal AIDS caregivers, whether they are HIV seronegative or seropositive, harbor considerable worry about their own vul…
Readings in the Sociology of Aids
What Is Sociological about AIDS? *Social Epidemiology and Demography *Identity and Behavior *The Life Course *Caregiving *Knowledge, Attitudes, and Collective Behavior *Social Stratification *Organizations and Services *Health Professions and Occupations *Economics *Public Policy Index
Reciprocity and Depression in Aids Caregiving
A community-based sample of informal AIDS caregivers was surveyed between 1990 and 1992 about the degree to which they perceive reciprocity with the recipient of their care. Equivalent exchanges between caregivers and care recipients are unlikely, a general fact that may have been particularly true in the case of AIDS at the beginning of the 1990s. Yet perceived reciprocity is remarkably high in this sample across all relationship types. Multivar…
Stress buffering effects of family support in Aids caregiving
This study examines the effects of family support on AIDS caregiver stress over time, comparing HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay-identified men who care for a friend or partner living with HIV (PLWH). Support from the care-recipient's family of origin is assessed, and the stress buffering effects of this type of support are explored longitudinally within a stress proliferation framework for 276 men (114 were HIV-positive, 162 were HIV-negative).…
Conceptualizations of Family by Older Gay Men
Gay lives challenge historically dominant understandings of family. Given that definitions of family have been heterosexually based, how do non-heterosexuals define and understand “family?” Drawing from the family life course perspective, we propose that contemporary cohorts of older gay men represent a strategic vantage point for understanding innovations in family life, and thus expand current understandings of a gay life course. We use data fr…
Stress and Mental Health Among Midlife and Older Gay-Identified Men
Objectives. We investigated associations between stress and mental health (positive affect, depressive symptoms) among HIV-negative and HIV-positive midlife and older gay-identified men, along with the mediating and moderating effects of mastery and emotional support. We also studied the mental health effects of same-sex marriage. Methods. We obtained data from self-administered questionnaires completed in 2009 or 2010 by a subsample (n = 202; av…
Same-Sex Legal Marriage and Psychological Well-Being: Findings From the California Health Interview Survey
Objectives. We examined whether same-sex marriage was associated with nonspecific psychological distress among self-identified lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults, and whether it had the potential to offset mental health disparities between lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons and heterosexuals. Methods. Population-based data (weighted) were from the 2009 adult (aged 18–70 years) California Health Interview Survey. Within-group analysis of lesbian, g…
Nonevent stress contributes to mental health disparities based on sexual orientation: Evidence from a personal projects analysis
This study examined the role of nonevent stress--in the form of frustrated personal project pursuits in the arenas of relationships and work--as a contributing factor to mental health disparities between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) populations. A purposive sample of 431 LGB (55%) and heterosexually identified (45%) individuals living in the United States and Canada completed the Personal Project Inventory by describing and r…
Internalized gay ageism, mattering, and depressive symptoms among midlife and older gay-identified men
Similar Others in Same-Sex Couples' Social Networks
Same-sex couples experience unique minority stressors. It is known that strong social networks facilitate access to psychosocial resources that help people reduce and manage stress. However, little is known about the social networks of same-sex couples, in particular their connections to other same-sex couples, which is important to understand given that the presence of similar others in social networks can ameliorate social stress for stigmatize…
Minority Stress and Stress Proliferation Among Same-Sex and Other Marginalized Couples
Drawing from 2 largely isolated approaches to the study of social stress-stress proliferation and minority stress-the authors theorize about stress and mental health among same-sex couples. With this integrated stress framework, they hypothesized that couple-level minority stressors may be experienced by individual partners and jointly by couples as a result of the stigmatized status of their same-sex relationship-a novel concept. They also consi…
Couple-level Minority Stress: An Examination of Same-sex Couples' Unique Experiences
Social stress resulting from stigma, prejudice, and discrimination-'minority stress'-negatively impacts sexual minority individuals' health and relational well-being. The present study examined how being in a same-sex couple can result in exposure to unique minority stressors not accounted for at the individual level. Relationship timeline interviews were conducted with 120 same-sex couples equally distributed across two study sites (Atlanta and …
Anticipatory Minority Stressors among Same-sex Couples: A Relationship Timeline Approach
The authors build on previous stress theories by drawing attention to the concept of anticipatory couple-level minority stressors (i.e., stressors expected to occur in the future that emanate from the stigmatization of certain relationship forms). A focus on anticipatory couple-level minority stressors brings with it the potential for important insight into vulnerabilities and resiliencies of people in same-sex relationships, the focus of this st…
Legal Marriage, Unequal Recognition, and Mental Health Among Same-Sex Couples
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 ci…
Masculinity and Minority Stress among Men in Same-sex Relationships
Although previous research has examined associations among masculinity, sexual orientation, minority stress, and mental health, these studies focused exclusively on individuals as units of analysis. This study investigates how men in same-sex relationships uniquely experience minority stress associated with their perceptions and performances of masculinity, as individuals and as couples. Qualitative, dyadic data are drawn from in-depth interviews…
Sociopolitical Change and Transgender People’s Perceptions of Vulnerability and Resilience
Psychology (31 works) · Social Psychology (25 works) · Clinical Psychology (18 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (18 works) · Developmental psychology (16 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Psychiatry (16 works) · Sexual orientation (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (13 works)