LGB Service Members’ Relationship Status, Satisfaction, and Well-Being: A Brief Report

IF 1.2 3区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Armed Forces & Society Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI:10.1177/0095327X221098455

Elizabeth Savarese, Jessica Collazo, Wyatt R. Evans, Kimberly F Balsam

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Abstract

Recently, the legal landscape for sexual minorities in the United States has changed dramatically, prompting empirical research on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) couples and LGB service members. This study examined the relationship characteristics and mental health of LGB service members in couple relationships and compared partnered and single LGB service members. A total of 238 LGB service members completed an anonymous survey, including questions about demographics, identity, military experiences, and mental health symptoms. Results of descriptive and exploratory analyses revealed no significant differences in mental health between partnered and single participants. However, partnered individuals reported higher outness and lower internalized homophobia compared with their single counterparts. Analyses also revealed negative associations between relationship satisfaction and mental health symptoms among partnered participants. Among the first to examine LGB service members’ romantic relationships, the results of this study have important clinical and policy implications and inform next steps in researching this population.

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LGB服务成员的关系状况、满意度和幸福感:一个简短的报告

最近，美国性少数群体的法律环境发生了巨大变化，促使人们对女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋(LGB)夫妇以及LGB服役人员进行了实证研究。本研究考察了同性恋军人在夫妻关系中的关系特征和心理健康状况，并对有伴侣和单身的同性恋军人进行了比较。共有238名LGB服役人员完成了一项匿名调查，包括人口统计、身份、军事经历和心理健康症状等问题。描述性和探索性分析的结果显示，伴侣和单身参与者在心理健康方面没有显著差异。然而，与单身的人相比，有伴侣的人报告的外向性更高，内化的同性恋恐惧症更低。分析还显示，在有伴侣的参与者中，关系满意度与心理健康症状之间存在负相关。在第一批研究LGB服役人员恋爱关系的研究中，这项研究的结果具有重要的临床和政策意义，并为下一步研究这一人群提供了信息。

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3.00

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28.60%

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期刊介绍： Armed Forces & Society: an interdisciplinary journal publishing articles on military institutions, civil-military relations, arms control and peacemaking, and conflict management. The journal is international in scope with a focus on historical, comparative, and interdisciplinary discourse. The editors and contributors include political scientists, sociologists, historians, psychologists, scholars, and economists, as well as specialists in military organization and strategy, arms control, and peacekeeping.