Gamarel Kristi E, Sevelius Jae M, Reisner Sari L, Coats Cassandra Sutten, Nemoto Tooru, Operario Don
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI USA.
Department of Family & Community Medicine, Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
J Soc Pers Relat. 2019 Jul;36(7):2180-2201. doi: 10.1177/0265407518785768. Epub 2018 Jul 24.
The goals of this study were to: (a) examine associations between interpersonal stigma and psychological distress among a sample of transgender women and their cisgender male partners; and (b) identify whether commitment moderates the association between interpersonal stigma and psychological distress. To address these aims, 191 couples consisting of transgender women and their cisgender male partners completed a one-time survey. Actor-partner interdependence models (APIM) were fit to examine stigma, commitment, and their interaction on psychological distress. More frequent experiences of interpersonal stigma were associated with elevated psychological distress for both partners. For transgender women, higher commitment was associated with lower psychological distress. There was a significant interaction effect such that the association between interpersonal stigma and psychological distress was attenuated by greater commitment for transgender women, but not for their cisgender male partners. Findings provide preliminary support for associations between interpersonal stigma and mental health of both partners, and identify commitment as a potential stress buffer for transgender women.
(a) 在跨性别女性及其顺性别男性伴侣样本中，考察人际污名与心理困扰之间的关联；(b) 确定承诺是否会调节人际污名与心理困扰之间的关联。为实现这些目标，由跨性别女性及其顺性别男性伴侣组成的191对情侣完成了一项一次性调查。采用行为者-伴侣相互依赖模型（APIM）来考察污名、承诺及其对心理困扰的交互作用。人际污名的更频繁经历与双方伴侣心理困扰加剧有关。对于跨性别女性而言，更高的承诺与更低的心理困扰有关。存在显著的交互效应，即对于跨性别女性，人际污名与心理困扰之间的关联因更高的承诺而减弱，但对其顺性别男性伴侣则不然。研究结果为双方伴侣的人际污名与心理健康之间的关联提供了初步支持，并确定承诺是跨性别女性潜在的压力缓冲因素。
