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Gayle Kaufman1, Hiromi Taniguchi2, D'Lane Compton3
1Department of Sociology, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, USA.
LGBT Health
|August 15, 2023
Summary
Transgender and nonbinary individuals experience lower life satisfaction and higher negative affect. Social support and belonging impact well-being, but a one-size-fits-all approach does not work for these diverse groups.
Area of Science:
- Social Psychology
- Sociology
- Health Disparities
Background:
- Transgender and nonbinary individuals face systemic barriers including limited resources, lack of social capital, and discrimination.
- These factors negatively impact subjective well-being, yet research on diverse gender identities using national samples is limited.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the impact of social support, social belonging, transgender connectedness, and discrimination on life satisfaction and negative affect.
- To compare these impacts across trans women, trans men, and nonbinary individuals using a national US sample.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from the TransPop 2016-2018 survey, a national probability sample of the transgender population in the United States.
- Focused on measures of life satisfaction and negative affect, analyzing predictors like social belonging, transgender connectedness, and everyday discrimination.
Main Results:
- Trans men, trans women, and nonbinary individuals reported lower life satisfaction and higher negative affect compared to cisgender heterosexual individuals.
- Social belonging positively influenced life satisfaction for trans men and women, but negatively affected negative emotion for trans men and nonbinary individuals.
- Everyday discrimination negatively impacted life satisfaction across groups, with variations by gender identity.
Conclusions:
- Predictors of life satisfaction and negative affect varied significantly among trans men, trans women, and nonbinary individuals.
- A universal model for understanding and improving the subjective well-being of transgender and nonbinary populations is insufficient.
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