Controlling Partner Dynamics in Transgender/Nonbinary Young Adults' Romantic Relationships: Exploring the Roles of Cissexism-Related Beliefs and Material-Need Insecurity.

ABSTRACT: Controlling partner dynamics-when a person's sexual or romantic partner exerts disproportionate control over their behavior and/or joint decisions-can adversely impact sexual and mental health. For transgender and/or nonbinary (TNB) young adults, cissexism-the system of power relations that marginalizes TNB people in favor of cisgender people-may contribute to controlling partner dynamics. However, mechanisms linking cissexism to controlling partner dynamics remain underexplored. Using data from a cross-sectional online survey of romantically partnered U.S. TNB young adults (N=393; 18-30 years old; 50% nonbinary; 56% people of color), we tested two mediation pathways from interpersonal cissexism to controlling partner dynamics: (1) a cissexism-related beliefs pathway, in which cisse

SUBMITTER: Murchison GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12530503 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature