Variation in Subjective Aging by Sexual Minority Status: An Examination of Four Perspectives
Variation in Subjective Aging by Sexual Minority Status: An Examination of Four Perspectives
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DOI：
10.1177/0091415016677975
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发表时间：
2017-06-01
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2
通讯作者：
Barbee, Harry
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作者：
Barrett, Anne;Barbee, Harry
在过去的几十年里，学术界对同性恋者的衰老经历越来越关注。然而，很少有研究考察性少数群体主观衰老的差异。我们对性少数地位与主观老龄化、双重危险、危机能力、性别互动和有限显着性观点之间的关系确定了四种观点。我们使用美国第一波中年浪潮（1995-1996；MIDUS）的数据来检验每种观点的预测。普通最小二乘回归模型揭示了对有限显着性观点的最有力支持，表明性少数地位对主观衰老的影响比其他社会因素（如年龄、健康和性别）更弱。然而，一些结果为性别互动的观点提供了支持，认为性少数地位对主观衰老的影响因性别而异。我们的研究提供了一个理论观点的组织框架，可以指导进一步研究性少数群体老龄化经历的变化。
The past few decades have seen increased scholarly attention to gay and lesbian individuals' aging experiences; however, few studies examine differences in subjective aging by sexual minority status. We identify four perspectives on the association between sexual minority status and subjective agingdouble jeopardy, crisis competence, gender interactive, and limited salience perspectives. We examine each perspective's predictions using data from the first wave of Midlife in the United States (1995-1996; MIDUS). Ordinary least square regression models reveal strongest support for the limited salience perspective, suggesting that sexual minority status has weaker effects on subjective aging than do other social factors, such as age, health, and gender. However, some results provide support for the gender interactive perspective, positing that the effect of sexual minority status on subjective aging varies by gender. Our study provides an organizational framework of theoretical perspectives that can guide further examinations of variation in aging experiences by sexual minority status.