Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Transgender individuals experience high rates of violence and minority stress.However, research examining violence, the psychological functioning associated with experiences of violence, and minority stress in the transgender community has been minimal.The objectives of this study were to provide a more nuanced characterization of transgender individuals' experiences of violence and psychological functioning in relation to those of cisgender individuals, and to understand transgender psychological functioning in the context of distal minority stress (violence) and proximal minority stress (stigma, identity concealment, and internalized transphobia).Participants included 342 (46%) transgender and 401 (54%) cisgender individuals who were 18 years of age or older.Participants completed self-report measures assessing demographic characteristics, violence (verbal, physical, and sexual), perceived gender identity-related stigma, identity concealment, and internalized transphobia, as well as depression, anxiety, PTSD symptomology, stress, self-harming thoughts and behaviors, alcohol use, and drug use.Results revealed that transgender and cisgender participants experienced similar prevalence rates and chronicity of violence across verbal, physical, and sexual violence.Transgender participants had higher scores across all symptom and self-harm measures.However, after controlling for significant covariates, gender did not have a significant effect on these outcome measures.Rather, sexual orientation and income emerged as
Author: Milo Wilson
Institution: Ohio University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2527622704