Gender Minority Stress, Resilience, and Psychological Distress: The Role of Resilience Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Gender minority (GM) stress, resulting from distal (i.e., external) and proximal (i.e., internal) stigma-based stressors, is thought to drive mental health disparities among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth. We tested the gender minority stress and resilience (GMSR) model hypotheses that distal GM stress effects on mental health are partially mediated by proximal GM stress and moderated by GM-specific resilience (i.e., community connectedness, identity pride) among a U.S. national sample of TGD youth.

Methods

As part of an HIV prevention study (NCT03185975), 159 TGD youth (ages 15-24) completed an online survey that included the GMSR measure, assessing distal and proximal GM stress and GM resilience, and the 18-item Brief Symptom Inventory, assessing past-7

SUBMITTER: Miller-Perusse M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11456763 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature