Gendered Differences in Experiences of Bullying and Mental Health Among Transgender and Cisgender Youth.

ABSTRACT: Even though previous studies have shown that transgender youth have poorer mental health and more experiences of being bullied than their cisgender counterparts, and that bullying associates with poorer mental health, knowledge on such associations in different gender identity groups is scarce. This study investigated how mental health problems and experiences of being bullied appear across different gender identity groups, and how bullying is associated with mental health among the groups in question. Data from the Finnish School Health Promotion 2021 study (n = 152,880, mean age 16.2 years (standard deviation 1.22)) was used and categorized into four gender identity groups: cisgender girls (n = 76,521), cisgender boys (n = 69,735), transfeminine youth (n = 1317), and transmasculine youth

SUBMITTER: Sares-Jaske L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10276116 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature