性别认同和青少年抑郁症状的发展轨迹
André Gonzales Real1, Maria Inês Rodrigues Lobato2, Stephen T Russell1
1Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin.
JAMA network open
|May 22, 2024
概括
性别认同可以随着时间的推移改变性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 的年轻人. 这项研究发现,性别认同的转变与SGM青少年抑郁症状的增加无关.
科学领域:
- 精神病学和心理健康 精神病学和心理健康
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 性别认同研究 性别认同研究
背景情况:
- 人们越来越担心跨性别和性别多样性 (TGD) 青年的心理健康状况.
- 需要关于性别认同演变与青少年心理健康之间的关系的经验数据.
研究的目的:
- 调查性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 年轻人的纵向样本中性别认同变化的频率和模式.
- 为了确定性别认同的不同轨迹是否随着时间的推移与抑郁症状有关.
主要方法:
- 一项纵向队列研究追踪了366名SGM年轻人在4个波段大约3.5年内进行.
- 评估了性别认同,并使用贝克青年抑郁 inventory (BDI-Y) 测量了抑郁症状.
- 使用层次线性模型分析性别认同轨迹及其与抑郁症状的关联.
主要成果:
- 确定了四个不同的性别认同轨迹组,其中18.3%的年轻人至少一次报告了不同的性别认同.
- 从 cisgender 到 TGD 过渡的组报告了更高的基线抑郁症,但考虑到暴力暴露后,这种差异并不显著.
- 在性别认同变化和随时间变化的抑郁症状之间没有发现显著的关联.
结论:
- 性别认同在SGM年轻人中可能是动态的,随着时间的推移而演变.
- 在这个队列中,自我报告的性别认同变化与抑郁症状无关.
- 进一步的研究是有必要的,以探索性别认同的变化对青少年和成人健康的长期影响.
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