Psychology Department, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, Iowa, USA.
Psychology Department, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, USA.
J Homosex. 2023 Sep 19;70(11):2374-2394. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2022.2060056. Epub 2022 Apr 22.
Because transgender people often suffer from concerns such as increased depression and anxiety, promoting positive and healthy mental well-being within this community is valuable. Two aspects of well-being that may be particularly relevant to the trans community are identity development and self-esteem. We hypothesized that a better overall transition experience (access to medical and psychological care, support from friends and family, etc.) would predict better identity development, individual self-esteem, and collective self-esteem in transgender men. This prediction was supported in a sample of 145 transmen from 15 different countries. Further exploratory analyses reveal that the direct effects of the transition process on identity development and individual self-esteem were significantly mediated by participants' perceived masculinity-but this mediation did not apply to collective self-esteem. We also found that when comparing overall transition experiences in the countries represented in our sample, the process was most positive in transmen from Australia and New Zealand, with experiences in the U.S., Canada, and Europe as less positive. Providing a supportive transition process and validating transmen's masculinity are important factors in paving the way for them to have healthy identity development and self-esteem.
因为跨性别者经常会面临诸如抑郁和焦虑增加等问题，因此促进该群体的积极和健康的精神健康是有价值的。对于跨性别群体而言，两个可能特别相关的幸福方面是身份发展和自尊心。我们假设，整体过渡体验（获得医疗和心理护理、来自朋友和家人的支持等）会预测跨性别男性的身份发展、个体自尊心和集体自尊心更好。这一预测在来自 15 个不同国家的 145 名跨性别男性样本中得到了支持。进一步的探索性分析表明，过渡过程对身份发展和个体自尊心的直接影响，显著受到参与者感知到的男子气概的中介作用——但这种中介作用不适用于集体自尊心。我们还发现，当比较我们样本中所代表的国家的整体过渡体验时，澳大利亚和新西兰的跨性别男性的体验最为积极，而美国、加拿大和欧洲的体验则不那么积极。提供支持性的过渡过程并验证跨性别男性的男子气概是为他们健康的身份发展和自尊心铺平道路的重要因素。
