Martin-Storey Alexa, Cotton Julie-Christine, Le Corff Yann, Michaud Annick, Beauchesne-Lévesque Séré
Groupe de recherche sur les inadaptations sociales de l'enfance, Département de Psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
Groupe de recherche sur les inadaptations sociales de l'enfance, Département de Orientation Professionnelle, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Transgend Health. 2021 Feb 15;6(1):23-30. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2020.0037. eCollection 2021 Feb.
Disparities in psychosocial functioning between transgender and cisgender populations highlight the importance of validating measures assessing mechanisms of resilience for transgender and nonbinary people. Gender congruence is an important mechanism of resilience, as it focuses on the individual's own gender objectives. Moreover, research increasingly links gender congruence to psychosocial functioning and well-being. The goals of the current study were to validate a French-language version of the Transgender Congruence Scale and examine how this scale was associated with life satisfaction, psychological distress, and perceived transition status. Individuals (=179) with a variety of transgender and nonbinary gender identities living in Quebec, Canada, were recruited online. They completed the Transgender Congruence Scale, as well as measures of transition status, psychological distress, and life satisfaction. A two-factor model (assessing appearance congruence and identity congruence, respectively) was supported in the current sample. The French translation of the Transgender Congruence Scale showed good reliability and validity, similar to those found with the original English language version of the measure. Higher scores on both subscales, as well as the total scale, were associated with better psychosocial functioning and self-defined transition status. Findings linked both appearance and identity congruence to psychosocial outcomes and supported the validity of this French version of the Transgender Congruence Scale. With potential clinical or research applications, the Transgender Congruence Scale is a brief and psychometrically sound measure of an important resilience construct for gender minority individuals that can now be used with Francophone populations.
跨性别者和顺性别者在心理社会功能方面的差异凸显了验证评估跨性别者和非二元性别者复原力机制的测量方法的重要性。性别认同一致是一种重要的复原力机制，因为它关注个体自身的性别目标。此外，研究越来越多地将性别认同一致与心理社会功能和幸福感联系起来。本研究的目的是验证法语版的《跨性别者性别认同一致量表》，并考察该量表与生活满意度、心理困扰和感知到的转变状态之间的关联。在加拿大魁北克省，通过网络招募了179名具有各种跨性别和非二元性别身份的个体。他们完成了《跨性别者性别认同一致量表》以及转变状态、心理困扰和生活满意度的测量。在当前样本中支持了一个双因素模型（分别评估外表一致性和身份一致性）。《跨性别者性别认同一致量表》的法语翻译显示出良好的信度和效度，与该测量工具的原始英语版本相似。两个子量表以及总量表得分越高，与更好的心理社会功能和自我定义的转变状态相关。研究结果将外表和身份一致性都与心理社会结果联系起来，并支持了这个法语版《跨性别者性别认同一致量表》的效度。鉴于其潜在的临床或研究应用，《跨性别者性别认同一致量表》是一种简短且心理测量学上合理的测量工具，用于测量性别少数群体个体重要的复原力结构，现在可用于说法语的人群。
