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Stigma, Mental Health, and Resilience in an Online Sample of the US Transgender Population
American Journal of Public Health · 2013 · Vol. 103(5) · pp. 943–951
Walter Bockting✉(University of Minnesota)Michael H. Miner(University of Minnesota)Rebecca E. Swinburne Romine(University of Minnesota)Autumn R. Hamilton(University of Minnesota)Eli Coleman(University of Minnesota)
Abstract
Our findings support the minority stress model. Prevention needs to confront social structures, norms, and attitudes that produce minority stress for gender-variant people; enhance peer support; and improve access to mental health and social services that affirm transgender identity and promote resilience.
LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsGender Politics and RepresentationTransgenderMental healthMinority stressSomatizationClinical psychologyPsychologySocial supportStigma (botany)PopulationPride
MeSH terms
Adaptation, PsychologicalAdultAnxiety DisordersMental DisordersData CollectionDepressive DisorderFemaleHumansMaleRegression AnalysisSocial SupportSomatoform DisordersStress, PsychologicalUnited StatesPrevalence
Funding
- University of Minnesota
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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