Does Sexual Orientation Relate to Health and Well-Being? Analysis of Adults 50+ Years of Age

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<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>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00159816:_____/20:00073513

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Does Sexual Orientation Relate to Health and Well-Being? Analysis of Adults 50+ Years of Age

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Does Sexual Orientation Relate to Health and Well-Being? Analysis of Adults 50+ Years of Age

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

The Gerontologist

ISSN

0016-9013

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

60

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

7

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

1282-1290

Kód UT WoS článku

000582368900014

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85091126745