Same-Sex Legal Marriage and Psychological Well-Being: Findings From the California Health Interview Survey
Author(s) -
Richard Wight,
Allen J. LeBlanc,
M.V. Lee Badgett
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.301113
Subject(s) - lesbian , sexual orientation , mental health , population , homosexuality , psychology , heterosexuality , distress , demography , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , sociology , psychoanalysis
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.
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