Suicidality, self-harm, and their correlates among transgender and cisgender people living in Aotearoa/New Zealand or Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transgender people experience high rates of suicidality and self-harm. Past research has established a range of correlates of suicidality/self-harm among transgender people but little is known about whether these correlates are similar for transgender and cisgender people.

Aims

The aim of this study was to test whether a range of potential demographic and psychosocial correlates of suicidality/self-harm hold for both transgender and cisgender people living in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia.

Methods

An online survey was completed by 700 adults living in Aotearoa/New Zealand (n = 328) or Australia (n = 372). Targeted advertising was used to recruit transgender respondents (n = 392) and cisgender respondents (n = 308). Participa

SUBMITTER: Treharne GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8726598 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature