Marriage and health : the well-being of same-sex couples / edited by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, Lindsey Wilkinson.

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2020]

xii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Introduction:The health and well-being of sexual minority couples / Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, and Lindsey Wilkinson -- Part one:Mental health -- Serious mental illness in same-sex and different-sex unions / Dustin Brown, Corinne Reczek, and Hui Liu -- Well-being during time with a partner among men and women in same-sex unions / Sarah Marie Flood and Katie R. Genadek -- Consequences of unequal legal recognition : same-sex couples' experiences of stress prior to Obergefell v. Hodges / Eli Alston-Stepnitz, David M. Frost, and Allen J. Leblanc -- Postpartum depression and anxiety in male-partnered and female-partnered sexual minority women : a longitudinal study / Abbie E. Goldberg, Julianna Z. Smith, and Lori E. Ross -- Part two: Health behaviors -- Health and health behaviors among same-sex and different-sex coupled adults with and without children / Justin T. Denney, Jarron M. Saint Onge, Bridget K. Gorman, and Patrick M. Krueger -- Couples' conjoint work hours and health behaviors : do gender and sexual identity matter? / Wen Fan -- Union status and overweight or obesity among sexual minority men and women / Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill, Bridget K. Gorman, and Navya R. Kumar -- Same-sex contact and alternative medicine usage among older adults / Lacey J. Ritter and Koji Ueno -- Part three: Physical health, mortality, and health care -- Activity limitation disparities between same-sex and different-sex couples / Russell L. Spiker -- Same-sex unions and adult mortality risk : a nationally representative analysis / Andrew Fenelon, Christina Dragon, Corinne Reczek, and Hui Liu -- Access to health care for partnered and nonpartnered sexual minorities / Matt Ruther and Ning Hsieh -- Law and same-sex couples' experiences of childbirth / Emily Kazyak and Emma Finken -- Married in Texas : findings from an LGBTQ community needs assessment / Kara Sutton and Richard K. Scotch -- Part four: Relationship quality, experience, and identity -- Social context and the stability of same-sex and different-sex relationships / Kara Joyner, Wendy Manning, and Barbara Prince -- Same-sex marriage and mental health : the role of marital quality / Sara Mernitz, Amanda Pollitt, and Debra Umberson -- First sexual experience with a same-sex partner in the United States : evidence from a national sample / Karin L. Brewster, Kathryn Harker Tillman, and Giuseppina Valle Holway -- "Two sides of a coin" : nuances of maternal identity for lesbian mothers / Rachel L. Henry -- Conclusion: Future directions for research on health of sexual minority couples / Corinne Reczek, Hui Liu, and Lindsey Wilkinson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.