Does Sexual Orientation Relate to Health and Well-Being? Analysis of Adults 50+ Years of Age
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11130%2F20%3A10412728" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11130/20:10412728 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00159816:_____/20:00073513
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=W8kSxy94RQ" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=W8kSxy94RQ</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz187" target="_blank" >10.1093/geront/gnz187</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Does Sexual Orientation Relate to Health and Well-Being? Analysis of Adults 50+ Years of Age
Original language description
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Based on the Minority Stress Theory, this article examines the associations between sexual orientation and self-reported measures of physical, mental, and cognitive health, as well as health risk behaviors. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The analytical sample included members of the 2016 wave of the Health and Retirement Study aged 50+ years. Binary and ordered logistic regressions were conducted to assess whether being a sexual minority was associated with poorer self-rated physical, mental, and cognitive health, as well as being more likely to engage in health risk behaviors. RESULTS: In analyses using overall and propensity-matched samples, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) participants were about twice as likely to report ever having depression as their heterosexual counterparts but were also more likely to report better self-rated health. The LGB group was more likely to report ever having smoked but were not significantly different in any of the other health risk behaviors. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: LGB individuals appear to be at greater risk of ever experiencing depression than heterosexual individuals but, at the same time, report better physical health. This may suggest a tendency for resilience. Differences in health risk behavior may also exist. Mental health and other medical professionals should receive special training to better understand the unique problems of LGB individuals.
Czech name
—
Czech description
—
Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
—
OECD FORD branch
30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)
Result continuities
Project
—
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
The Gerontologist
ISSN
0016-9013
e-ISSN
—
Volume of the periodical
60
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
1282-1290
UT code for WoS article
000582368900014
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85091126745