了解他们的经验:在激素准备评估时,非二进制和二进制青年的心理社会功能
Coleen R Williams1,2, Kerry McGregor1,2, Amalia Feld3
1Gender Multispecialty Service, Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
LGBT health
|October 10, 2023
概括
与他们的二进制跨性别同龄人相比,非二进制年轻人经历了更大的心理社会困扰,包括内化问题和自我伤害,与他们的二进制跨性别同龄人相比. 这凸显了对非二进制健康差异的进一步研究的需要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 非二进制个体的心理社会经验是研究不足的.
- 现有的研究往往侧重于二进制的跨性别个体,在理解非二进制青年的独特挑战方面留下了一个空白.
- 性别确认激素 (GAH) 准备度评估是评估青少年心理社会福祉的关键时刻.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较非二进制青年与他们的二进制跨性别同龄人的心理社会压力和功能.
- 在接受GAH准备性评估的非二进制青年中确定心理社会困扰的特定领域.
- 为未来的研究和干预提供信息,旨在解决非二进制青少年的心理健康需求.
主要方法:
- 一项比较研究分析了479名双性变性人和55名非双性人的数据,年龄在14-18岁.
- 利用青年自我报告 (YSR) 来评估在GAH准备性评估时的心理社会功能.
- 分析了临床相关的子级分数,包括总问题,内化问题,抑郁和自我伤害.
主要成果:
- 与二进制跨性别年轻人相比,非二进制年轻人报告了明显更高的社会心理痛苦水平.
- 非二进制青年增加痛苦的具体领域包括总问题,内化问题和抑郁症.
- 非二进制年轻人也显示出自伤的几率比率明显更高.
结论:
- 非二进制的年轻人比他们的二进制跨性别同龄人经历了更大的社会心理痛苦.
- 这些发现强调了潜在的健康差异,这些差异可能会影响他们的一生中非二进制个体.
- 进一步的研究对于理解和解决非二进制人口的特定心理社会需求至关重要.
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