Revisiting the Relationships among Gender, Marital Status, and Mental Health1

By R. Simon. American Journal of Sociology, 2002

762 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/f010bb20962c57ae3d0fa47459c6b77658f88782

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In General Health Professions

In Sociology and Political Science

Citations in the corpus

Union Formation and Depression: Selection and Relationship Effects (2003, methodology): “Our findings in this regard agree with those of most previous comparable studies (e.g., Horwitz et al., 1996; Kim & McKenry, 2002; Marks & Lambert, 1998; Simon, 2002; Simon & Marcussen, 1999).”
Early Maladaptive Schemas as Moderators of the Impact of Stressful Events on Anxiety and Depression in University Students (2012, background): “Moreover, previous studies on EMS have not considered sex differences despite the fact that women are more likely to experience internalizing symptoms than men (Simon 2002; Wade et al. 2002), and to score higher on several cognitive vulnerabilities (Hankin and Abramson 2001; Mezulis et al.”
Stress, Marital Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress Among African Americans (2010, methodology): “…Street, Montgomery Ross Fisher Building 214, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA Email: klincoln@usc.edu Studies conducted using general population samples have reported a protective effect of marriage on mental health (Booth & Amato, 1991; Horwitz, White, & Howell-White, 1996; Simon, 2002; Williams, 2000).”
Together is better? Effects of relationship status and resources on young adults' well-being (2008, background): “This gender difference, however, has not been found in other recent studies among adults of all ages (Simon, 2002; Strohschein et al., 2005).”
Are the Negative Effects of Divorce on Well-Being Dependent on Marital Quality?. (2006, neutral): “That a divorce has more negative consequences for the well-being of women than for men is in line with previous findings in the literature (Simon, 2002).”
Advances in Families and Health Research in the 21st Century (2010, background): “Compared to their unmarried counterparts, married women reported fewer depressive symptoms, yet men reported less frequent alcohol use (Simon, 2002).”
Gender Differences in Marital and Life Satisfaction among Chinese Malaysians (2009, result): “Some pointed to findings that showed men benefiting more from their marriages than women did (Bernard 1972 ;G ove et al.1983) while more recent findings have shown fewer gender differences ( Simon 2002 ).”
How Does Marriage Affect Physical and Psychological Health? A Survey of the Longitudinal Evidence (2005, methodology): “Simon and Marcussen (1999) demonstrate that marriage cuts the probability of depression.”
Family Relationships and Well-Being (2017, background): “A long-observed pattern is that men receive more physical health benefits from marriage than women, and women are more psychologically and physiologically vulnerable to marital stress than men (Kiecolt-Glaser & Newton, 2001; Revenson et al., 2016; Simon, 2002; Williams, 2004).”
Sex, Anger and Depression (2010, background): “A growing body of work finds that women tend to respond to stress with internalizing behaviors such as depression, while men tend to respond with externalizing behaviors such as antisocial conduct and substance abuse (Aneshensel et al. 1991; Lennon 1987; Simon 2002; Umberson et al. 1986).”
I do, but i can’t: The impact of marriage denial on the mental health and sexual citizenship of lesbians and gay men in the United States (2006, background): “Concomitantly, other studies have suggested that mental health improves across the transition into marriage (Marks & Lambert, 1998; Simon, 2002; Simon & Marcussen, 1999; Williams, 2003; Williams & Umberson, 2004; see Horwitz & White, 1991, for an exception).”
The Sex Difference in Depression Across 29 Countries (2007, background): “…it was the most cross-culturally comparable measure of respondent SES.1 Marriage offers protection against symptoms of depression, particularly for men (Gove 1978; Aneshensel et al. 1981; McRae and Brody 1989; Wu and Demaris 1996; Simon and Marcussen 1999; Simon 2002; Mirowsky and Ross 2002).”