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Same-sex relationships and minority stress
Sharon Scales Rostosky1, Ellen Db Riggle1
1University of Kentucky, United States.
Current Opinion in Psychology
|August 17, 2017
Summary
Same-sex couples face minority stress due to societal stigma. Research should examine interpersonal, institutional, and cultural factors impacting couples, focusing on strengths and resilience for better interventions.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Public Health
Background:
- Societal stigma against same-sex relationships creates minority stress.
- This stress significantly impacts the well-being of same-sex couples.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review research on minority stress in same-sex relationships.
- To conceptualize stress sources using an ecological framework.
- To identify future research and intervention needs.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of current research on minority stress and same-sex couples.
- Application of an ecological framework to analyze stress sources.
- Conceptual analysis of individual, dyadic, and societal factors.
Main Results:
- Minority stress in same-sex couples stems from interpersonal, institutional, and cultural sources.
- Existing research often focuses on individuals, neglecting dyadic and systemic influences.
- There is a need to explore the strengths and resiliencies within same-sex relationships.
Conclusions:
- Future research should adopt a dyadic and ecological approach to understand minority stress.
- Interventions should address interpersonal, institutional, and cultural factors.
- Focusing on couple strengths and resilience is crucial for promoting well-being.
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