Graduate School of Counselling Psychology, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Cult Health Sex. 2013;15(6):726-37. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2013.784362. Epub 2013 May 10.
This study examined the influence of age, education level and number of sex partners on levels of loneliness, depression, suicidal ideation and sexual-risk behaviour in Thai male-to-female transgender youth. A total of 190 participants filled in the study's questionnaire, designed to tap the primary variables of age, level of education, number of sex partners, loneliness, depression, suicidal ideation and sexual-risk behaviour. Results reveal that level of education has a significant influence on depression and loneliness, the number of sex partners has a significant influence on sexual-risk behaviour and suicidal ideation and age has a significant influence on sexual-risk behaviour and suicidal ideation. Participants with higher levels of education reported more loneliness than participants who did not graduate from high school. In addition, participants who did not graduate from high school reported more depression than participants with some university credit. Furthermore, participants aged 15 to 19 years, compared with those of 20 to 25 years, reported higher level of sexual-risk behaviour and higher levels of suicidal ideation.
本研究考察了年龄、教育水平和性伴侣数量对泰国跨性别青年男性的孤独感、抑郁、自杀意念和性行为风险的影响。共有 190 名参与者填写了研究问卷，旨在探讨主要变量，包括年龄、教育水平、性伴侣数量、孤独感、抑郁、自杀意念和性行为风险。结果表明，教育水平对抑郁和孤独感有显著影响，性伴侣数量对性行为风险和自杀意念有显著影响，年龄对性行为风险和自杀意念有显著影响。教育水平较高的参与者比未高中毕业的参与者报告了更多的孤独感。此外，未高中毕业的参与者比有一些大学学分的参与者报告了更多的抑郁。此外，15 至 19 岁的参与者比 20 至 25 岁的参与者报告了更高的性行为风险和更高的自杀意念水平。
