Coping with workplace minority stress: Associations between dyadic coping and anxiety among women in same-sex relationships.
Sexual minorities are exposed to stressors in the workplace (workplace minority stress), which can be detrimental for well-being (e.g., levels of anxiety). The present study examined whether a particular set of relationship processes, dyadic coping, served to moderate the association between workplace minority stress and symptoms of anxiety. Using a dyadic sample of 64 female same-sex couples, we found that partner problem-focused supportive dyadic coping (DC) and emotion-focused supportive DC (marginally) buffered, whereas partner delegated DC and negative DC did not moderate, the association between workplace minority stress and symptoms of anxiety. Implications for relationship researchers and mental health practitioners are discussed.
a Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University , Tempe , Arizona , USA.
Ashley K
AK
Randall
b Human Development and Family Studies, University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , Alabama , USA.
Casey J
CJ
Totenhagen
a Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University , Tempe , Arizona , USA.
Kelsey J
KJ
Walsh
c Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky , Lexington , Kentucky , USA.
Caroline
C
Adams
a Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University , Tempe , Arizona , USA.
Chun
C
Tao
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace; D055815:Young Adult
Dyadic coping; anxiety; minority stress; same-sex couples; work discrimination