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Intimate partner support: A comparison of gay, lesbian, and heterosexual relationships
Author(s) -
ELLIS LILLIAN,
DAVIS MARK
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/pere.12186
Subject(s) - psychology , lesbian , sexual relationship , social psychology , developmental psychology , social support , clinical psychology , human sexuality , gender studies , sociology , psychoanalysis
In this investigation, intimate partner support, relationship satisfaction, and separation proneness were assessed for four types of people: men in a relationship with a woman ( MRW ), men in a relationship with a man ( MRM ), women in a relationship with a man ( WRM ), and women in a relationship with a woman ( WRW ). Men and women in same‐sex relationships received more support, were more satisfied, and reported fewer thoughts of separating than their counterparts in opposite‐sex relationships. The effect of relationship type on satisfaction was not significant once the amount of received support was controlled. The implications of these findings for understanding the support process in same‐sex relationships are discussed.