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- Title
Gender congruence and mental health problems among Chinese transgender and gender non‐conforming individuals: A process model involving rumination and stigma consciousness.
- Authors
Wu, Qinglu; Ji, Yuan; Lin, Xiuyun; Yang, Hengyu; Chi, Peilian
- Abstract
Objective: The present study examined the roles of gender identity rumination and stigma consciousness in the relationship between gender congruence (comfort with one's gender identity and external appearance) and mental health problems (anxiety and depression). Methods: Three hundred and fourteen Chinese individuals identified as transgender and gender non‐conforming (TGNC) individuals were recruited through the Internet and answered an online questionnaire (Mage = 24.34 years, standard deviation = 5.80). Results: Gender congruence was associated with anxiety and depression through three indirect pathways: rumination, stigma consciousness, and sequentially through rumination and stigma consciousness. Conclusion: Gender congruence is an intrapersonal resource that reduces mental health problems through its positive impacts on the TGNC identity process. A more consistent feeling of gender, a lower level of rumination, and a reduced level of consciousness about stigma could be potential working points for interventions in the TGNC community to help alleviate their mental health problems.
- Subjects
MENTAL illness; CONSCIOUSNESS; GENDER identity; RUMINATION (Cognition); SOCIAL stigma; TRANSGENDER people
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2022, Vol 78, Issue 4, p622
- ISSN
0021-9762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jclp.23248