Family Rejection, Social Isolation, and Loneliness as Predictors of Negative Health Outcomes (Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Sexual Risk Behavior) Among Thai Male-to-Female Transgender Adolescents

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ID12973003
AutoresMohammadrasool Yadegarfard (0000-0002-0118-5006, Assumption University, autor correspondente), Mallika E Meinhold-Bergmann (Assumption University), Robert Ho (Assumption University)
Ano2014
Volume11
Fascículo4
Páginas347-363
Data de publicação2014-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of LGBT Youth (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1936-1653 • E-ISSN: 1936-1661
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19361653.2014.910483
OpenAlexW2052566741
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas53
Referências citadas12

This study examined the influence of family rejection, social isolation, and loneliness on negative health outcomes among Thai male-to-female transgender adolescents. The sample consisted of 260 male respondents, of whom 129 (49.6%) were self-identified as transgender and 131 (50.4%) were self-identified as cisgender (nontransgender). Initial multivariate analysis of variance indicated that the transgender respondents, when compared to the cisgender respondents, reported significantly higher family rejection, lower social support, higher loneliness, higher depression, lower protective factors (PANSI-positive) and higher negative risk factors (PANSI-negative) related to suicidal behavior, and were less certain in avoiding sexual risk behaviors. Multiple regression analysis indicated that the exogenous variables of family rejection, social isolation, and loneliness were significant predictors of both transgender and cisgender adolescents’ reported levels of depression, suicidal thinking, and sexual risk behaviors. The implications of these findings are discussed

Depression (economics · Loneliness · Poison control · Psychiatry · Social isolation · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Transgender · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research