Bouman WP, Davey A, Meyer C, Witcomb, GL & Arcelus J. (2016). Predictors of psychological well-being among trans individuals. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 31, (in press) (1).pdf (275.77 kB)
Predictors of psychological well-being among treatment seeking transgender individuals
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posted on 2016-06-08, 11:09 authored by Walter P. Bouman, Amanda Davey, Caroline Meyer, Gemma WitcombGemma Witcomb, Jon ArcelusResearch has yet to identify specific predictors of poor psychological well-being and quality of life in transgender people. This study aimed first to explore the predictive value of five factors known to be associated with poor psychological well-being in cis- and transgender people; age, self-esteem, victimisation, interpersonal problems, and body dissatisfaction. Second, to investigate the mediatory role of self-esteem and social support. Two hundred and eight participants (104 transgender and 104 cisgender controls), matched by age and gender, completed measures of these predictor variables, along with general psychopathology and functional quality of life. The results indicate that in the transgender group, greater psychopathology and greater depression were predicted by younger age (psychopathology only), lower self-esteem, greater body dissatisfaction, and greater interpersonal problems. In the cisgender group, only lower self-esteem and greater interpersonal problems were significant predictors of these factors. For quality of life, lower self-esteem and greater interpersonal problems were significant predictors of low quality of life in both groups. Self-esteem but not social support mediated the above relationships. Overall, self-esteem and interpersonal problems appear to be crucial factors that influence well-being. Those providing treatment to transgender people should pay more attention to these areas.
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School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Sexual and Relationship TherapyVolume
31`Issue
3Pages
359-375Citation
BOUMAN, W.P. ... et al, 2016. Predictors of psychological well-being among treatment seeking transgender individuals. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 31 (3), pp. 359-375.Publisher
Taylor & FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2016-04-22Publication date
2016-05-17Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sexual and Relationship Therapy on 17th May 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14681994.2016.1184754.ISSN
1468-1994eISSN
1468-1749Publisher version
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- en