Daily experiences of minority stress and mental health in transgender and gender-diverse individuals.

ABSTRACT: Transgender and gender-diverse people experience various minority stressors although minimal research has examined prospective effects on daily affect or mental health. We explored rates of marginalization for transgender and gender-diverse participants in a daily diary study and the concurrent and prospective associations with daily affect and weekly measures of depression and anxiety symptoms, as well as the mediating effects of internalized stigma, rumination, and isolation. There were 167 participants (82.2% white; M age = 25) retained in the daily surveys. Participants completed surveys for 56 days reflecting exposure to marginalization, gender nonaffirmation, internalized stigma, rumination, isolation, affect (negative, anxious, and positive affect), and mental health (anxiety

SUBMITTER: Puckett JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10159909 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature