The Psychological Toll of Emotion Work in Same‐Sex and Different‐Sex Marital Dyads

Debra Umberson; Mieke Beth Thomeer; Amanda M. Pollitt; Sara E. Mernitz

doi:10.1111/jomf.12686

The Psychological Toll of Emotion Work in Same‐Sex and Different‐Sex Marital Dyads

Journal of Marriage and Family ◽

10.1111/jomf.12686 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 82 (4) ◽

pp. 1141-1158

Author(s):

Debra Umberson ◽

Mieke Beth Thomeer ◽

Amanda M. Pollitt ◽

Sara E. Mernitz

Keyword(s):

Emotion Work ◽

Same Sex ◽

Marital Dyads

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DEALING WITH A DISTRESSED SPOUSE: MARITAL DYNAMICS IN SAME-SEX AND DIFFERENT-SEX COUPLES

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igz038.1531 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S411-S411

Author(s):

Debra Umberson

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Emotional Distress ◽

Instrumental Support ◽

Heterosexual Couples ◽

Same Sex ◽

Preliminary Results ◽

Marital Dyads ◽

Depth Interview ◽

Survey Responses

Abstract We use a mixed-methods strategy to generate insights into gendered marital dynamics when one partner is experiencing high levels of psychological distress/depression. Our data are unique in their dyadic design and in the inclusion of same-sex and well as different-sex marital dyads. The data are from closed- and open-ended survey responses (from 808 gay, lesbian, and heterosexual spouses in 404 unions) as well as in-depth interview data (with a subsample of 45 gay, lesbian, and heterosexual couples in 90 unions). Respondents were asked about their most significant period of emotional distress during the marriage, how their spouse reacted to their distress (e.g., providing emotional or instrumental support, withdrawing), and how much they worried about burdening their spouse. Respondents were also asked how they reacted to their spouse’s periods of emotional distress. Preliminary results point to gendered experiences of distress within marriage that sometimes differ for same-sex compared to different-sex couples.

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Language Onset and Concomitant Speech and Language Problems in Subgroups of Stutterers and Their Siblings

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/jshr.2504.482 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 482-486 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Robin A. Seider ◽

Keith L. Gladstien ◽

Kenneth K. Kidd

Keyword(s):

Family History ◽

Same Sex ◽

Speech And Language ◽

Negative Family History ◽

Late Talkers ◽

Language Problems ◽

History Of ◽

Language Onset

Time of language onset and frequencies of speech and language problems were examined in stutterers and their nonstuttering siblings. These families were grouped according to six characteristics of the index stutterer: sex, recovery or persistence of stuttering, and positive or negative family history of stuttering. Stutterers and their nonstuttering same-sex siblings were found to be distributed identically in early, average, and late categories of language onset. Comparisons of six subgroups of stutterers and their respective nonstuttering siblings showed no significant differences in the number of their reported articulation problems. Stutterers who were reported to be late talkers did not differ from their nonstuttering siblings in the frequency of their articulation problems, but these two groups had significantly higher frequencies of articulation problems than did stutterers who were early or average talkers and their siblings.

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