Married same-sex couples handle stress better than opposite-sex couples, study finds
New data has revealed that married same-sex couples deal with stress better than opposite-sex couples. When it comes to marriage, stress levels can differ between couples, whether for financial reasons, emotional ties or lack of communication.
To better grasp how same-sex and opposite-sex couples navigate stress, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin surveyed 419 couples on dyadic coping – which “conceptualises the way couples cope with stress together” (per Frontiers).
As a result, scientists found that same-sex married couples cope with stress in a more positive and collaborative way than different-sex couples.
The research – which was published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships – also found that women married to men reported more negative support, which meant that they either received a hostile or ambivalent reaction from their partners in relation to stress.
