eprintid: 1575671
rev_number: 26
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/01/57/56/71
datestamp: 2017-09-29 11:43:45
lastmod: 2021-09-25 23:11:38
status_changed: 2017-09-29 11:43:45
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Scandurra, C
creators_name: Amodeo, AL
creators_name: Valerio, P
creators_name: Bochicchio, V
creators_name: Frost, DM
title: Minority Stress, Resilience, and Mental Health: A Study of Italian Transgender People
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
keywords: minority stress; stigma; transgender; resilience; family support
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abstract: Transgender people often experience oppression because of gender nonconformity. They represent an extremely stigmatized population at high risk of developing mental health problems. The minority stress model is a theoretical model used to understand social stigma as a potential cause of mental health disparities faced by the transgender population. In Italy, studies applying this model to the transgender population are limited. The current study applied the minority stress model to a sample of Italian transgender people (n = 149), analyzing effects of prejudice events, expectations of rejection, and internalized transphobia, and their interaction with protective factors (resilience and social support), on mental health. The results suggest that exposure to everyday discrimination and internalized transphobia are associated with increased mental health problems, while perceived social support from family and resilience significantly reduced the strength of association between everyday discrimination and mental health. Findings have important implications for both social issues and policies.
date: 2017-09-01
date_type: published
official_url: http://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12232
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1424553
doi: 10.1111/josi.12232
lyricists_name: Frost, David
lyricists_id: DFROS30
actors_name: Frost, David
actors_id: DFROS30
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Social Issues
volume: 73
number: 3
pagerange: 563-585
issn: 1540-4560
citation:        Scandurra, C;    Amodeo, AL;    Valerio, P;    Bochicchio, V;    Frost, DM;      (2017)    Minority Stress, Resilience, and Mental Health: A Study of Italian Transgender People.                   Journal of Social Issues , 73  (3)   pp. 563-585.    10.1111/josi.12232 <https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12232>.       Green open access   
 
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