Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. SERIES FOREWORD ix
4. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. Introduction. The Health and Well-Being of Sexual Minority Couples 1
6. PART ONE. Mental Health
7. 1. Serious Mental Illness in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Unions 13
8. 2. Well-Being during Time with a Partner among Men and Women in Same-Sex Unions 27
9. 3. Consequences of Unequal Legal Recognition 39
10. 4. Postpartum Depression and Anxiety in Male-Partnered and Female-Partnered Sexual Minority Women 53
11. PART TWO. Health Behaviors
12. 5. Health and Health Behaviors among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Coupled Adults with and without Children 73
13. 6. Couples’ Conjoint Work Hours and Health Behaviors 88
14. 7. Union Status and Overweight or Obesity among Sexual Minority Men and Women 102
15. 8. Same-Sex Contact and Alternative Medicine Usage among Older Adults 116
16. PART THREE. Physical Health, Mortality, and Health Care
17. 9. Activity Limitation Disparities between Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples 131
18. 10. Same-Sex Unions and Adult Mortality Risk 145
19. 11. Access to Health Care for Partnered and Nonpartnered Sexual Minorities 158
20. 12. Law and Same-Sex Couples’ Experiences of Childbirth 176
21. 13. Married in Texas 188
22. PART FOUR. Relationship Quality, Experience, and Identity
23. 14. Social Context and the Stability of Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships 201
24. 15. Same-Sex Marriage and Mental Health 216
25. 16. First Sexual Experience with a Same-Sex Partner in the United States 229
26. 17. “Two Sides of a Coin” 243
27. Conclusion. Future Directions for Research on Health of Sexual Minority Couples 254
28. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 263
29. INDEX 271