Relationship Quality and Domestic Violence in Women's Same-Sex Relationships: The Role of Minority Stress

By Kimberly F. Balsam, Dawn M. Szymanski. 2005

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Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Rape Prevention and Risk Reduction: Review of the Research Literature for Practitioners (2009, unknown): “…addition to alcohol use, there are likely other mediating factors (e.g., relationship quality that fully mediated the relationship between internalized homonegativity and partner violence in Balsam and Syzmanski 2005 study with lesbian community women), which are important avenues for future work.”
Female Violence Against Intimate Partners: An Introduction (2005, background): “Following up on this idea that stress is associated with partner violence, Balsam and Szymanski (2005) used a sample of lesbians and operationalized stress as internalized homophobia and as experiences of heterosexist discrimination.”
Intimate Partner Violence in Same-Sex Relationships and The Role of Sexual Minority Stressors: A Systematic Review of the Past 10 Years (2017, background): “…homophobia, degree of outness, stigma consciousness and experiences of discrimination based on sexual orientation are all related to IPV (Balsam and Szymanski 2005; Bartholomew et al. 2008; Carvalho et al. 2011; Edwards and Sylaska 2013; Kelley et al. 2014; Lewis et al. 2014; Milletich…”
LGB of Color and White Individuals’ Perceptions of Heterosexist Stigma, Internalized Homophobia, and Outness: Comparisons of Levels and Links (2010, background): “…stigma in the Sacramento area (2.86 to 3.48; Herek et al., 1997), slightly lower than prior samples for outness (4.90 to 5.70; Balsam et al., 2008; Balsam & Szymanski, 2005; Todosijevic et al., 2005), and approximated the range of averages obtained with prior samples for comfort with disclosure…”
Sexual minority stress and changes in relationship quality in same-sex couples (2008, background): “For example, Balsam and Szymanski (2005) discussed the potentially destructive effect of prejudice events such as anti-LGB discrimination and violence on same-sex couples, and they provided evidence that perceived discrimination was negatively associated with relationship quality.”
Internalized Sexual Minority Stressors and Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence (2011, background): “Victims’ internalized homophobia may be intensified by messages from the perpetrator that serve to eradicate the pride in being gay or lesbian and reinforce the victim’s feelings of responsibility for the abuse (Balsam and Szymanski 2005).”
Lessons from Examining Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence (2013, background): “Research on same-sex IPV has highlighted concerns about reporting violence to law enforcement because of fears about bias and stigma (Balsam and Szymanski 2005; Duke and Davidson 2009).”
Partner Abuse in Ethnic Minority and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations (2012, background): “Among community samples, studies ranged from a low of 272 (Balsam & Szymanski, 2005) to more than 2,000 respondents (Kelly, Izienicki, Bimbi, & Parsons, 2011).”
Internalized Stigma Within Sexual and Gender Minorities: Change Strategies and Clinical Implications (2015, background): “For instance, internalized heterosexism has been associated with lower quality of relationships (Reeves & Horne, 2009), as well as partner abuse and victimization (Balsam & Szymanski, 2005; Bartholomew, Regan, Oram, & White, 2008; Kelley & Robertson, 2008).”
Internalized Heterosexism (2008, unknown): “…the impact of heterosexism on LGB person’s lives—feminist theory (cf. Brown, 1988, 1994; Rotosky & Riggle, 2002; Szymanski, 2005a, 2005b, 2006) and minority stress theory (cf. Balsam & Szymanski, 2005; Bos, van Balen, van den Boom, & Sandfort, 2004; DiPlacido, 1998; Meyer, 1995, 2003).”
Internalized Homophobia and Relationship Quality among Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals (2009, unknown): “Internalized homophobia has been linked to poor relationship quality within both male and female same-sex relationships (Balsam & Szymanski, 2005; Otis, Rostosky, Riggle, & Hamrin, 2006).”
A Postmodern Approach to Women's Use of Violence: Developing Multiple and Complex Conceptualizations (2005, background): “In their examination of interpersonal violence in lesbian couples, Balsam and Szymanski (2005) found that stress in the relationship, such as internalized homophobia and experiences of discrimination, predicted violence.”
Coming Out Growth: Conceptualizing and Measuring Stress-Related Growth Associated with Coming Out to Others as a Sexual Minority (2010, background): “Evidence for both the reliability ( Balsam and Szymanski 2005; Goodman et al. 2005; Todosijevic et al. 2005) and validity of this scale has been provided elsewhere (Goodman et al. 2005; Mohr and Fassinger 2000, 2003).”
Internalized Heterosexism (2008, methodology): “In a similar vein, Balsam and Szymanski (2005) reported that IH was negatively related to relationship quality (r = –.26) and positively related to perpetration and receipt of domestic violence in the relationship in the past year (r = .19 for both) in a sample of lesbian couples. Path analyses reve”