跨性别成年人的过渡里程碑,心理痛苦和自杀想法:结构方程分析
Hugh Klein1,2, Thomas A Washington2
1Kensington Research Institute, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
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|December 8, 2023
概括
实现过渡的里程碑,如法律名称变更或性别肯定激素,可以减少心理痛苦和自杀念头在跨性别成年人. 这些里程碑通过改善心理健康来间接影响自杀念头.
科学领域:
- 跨性别者健康 跨性别者健康
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 变性人面临着独特的生活事件,称为过渡里程碑,这可能会影响他们的福祉.
- 心理困扰和自杀念头是跨性别社区的重大问题.
研究的目的:
- 研究跨性别成年人的过渡里程碑,心理痛苦和自杀念头之间的关系.
- 了解特定的生活事件如何影响跨性别者的心理健康结果.
主要方法:
- 利用了2015年美国全国跨性别调查 (N=27,715) 的数据.
- 检查了11个过渡里程碑,心理困扰 (凯斯勒-6级) 和过去一年的自杀念头.
- 采用双变量,多变量和结构方程建模分析,控制人口和社会因素.
主要成果:
- 双变量分析表明,大多数过渡里程碑与减少心理痛苦和自杀念头有关.
- 多变量分析显示,心理痛苦是自杀念头的强有力的预测因素,最终模型中没有保留里程碑.
- 结构方程建模揭示了法律名称/性别变化,性别肯定激素和性别符合性手术通过减少心理痛苦间接减少了自杀想法.
结论:
- 具体的过渡里程碑对于跨性别成年人的福祉至关重要.
- 实现这些里程碑可以显著缓解心理痛苦.
- 通过过渡里程碑来减少心理痛苦可能会降低跨性别者的自杀想法风险.
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