Series Foreword by PÉter Berta
Introduction: The Health and Well-Being of Sexuality Minority Couples
Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek and Lindsey Wilkinson
Part I: Mental Health
Chapter 1: Serious Mental Illness in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Unions
Dustin Brown, Corinne Reczek and Hui Liu
Chapter 2: Well-Being during Time with a Partner among Men and Women in Same-Sex Unions
Sarah Marie Flood and Katherine Rose Genadek
Chapter 3: 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
Chapter 4: 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 II: Health Behaviors
Chapter 5: 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
Chapter 6: Couples’ Conjoint Work Hours and Health Behaviors: Do Gender and Sexual Identity Matter?
Wen Fan
Chapter 7: Union Status and Overweight/Obesity among Sexual Minority Men and Women
Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill, Bridget K. Gorman and Navya R. Kumar
Chapter 8: Same-Sex Contact and Alternative Medicine Usage among Older Adults
Lacey J. Ritter and Koji Ueno
Part III: Physical Health, Mortality and Health Care
Chapter 9: Activity Limitations Disparities between Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples
Russell L. Spiker
Chapter 10: Same-Sex Unions and Adult Mortality Risk: A Nationally-Representative Analysis
Andrew Fenelon, Christina Dragon, Corinne Reczek and Hui Liu
Chapter 11: Access to Health Care for Partnered and Non-Partnered Sexual Minorities
Matt Ruther and Ning Hsieh
Chapter 12: Law and Same-Sex Couples’ Experiences of Childbirth
Emily Kazyak and Emma Finken
Chapter 13: Married in Texas: Findings from a LGBTQ Community Needs Assessment
Kara Sutton and Richard K. Scotch
Part IV: Relationship Quality, Experience and Identity
Chapter 14: Social Context and The Stability of Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships
Kara Joyner, Wendy Manning and Barbara Prince
Chapter 15: Same-Sex Marriage and Mental Health: The Role of Marital Quality
Sara Mernitz, Amanda Pollitt and Debra Umberson
Chapter 16: 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
Chapter 17: 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
