Deeply Rooted Therapy, Professional Limited Liability Company, Bountiful, Utah, USA.
Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
J Marital Fam Ther. 2023 Jul;49(3):613-633. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12640. Epub 2023 Mar 30.
Relationships in which one partner is transgender are often more complex compared to other LGBQ+ couples, due to the ways in which gender transition prompts changes for each partner and their relationship. Despite the impact of transition on both partners, the relationships of transgender people have been underresearched. This study was guided by symbolic interactionism to explore how transgender and cisgender women in romantic relationships experienced their relationship during their transition process. Constructivist grounded theory was used to analyze interviews with 20 transgender and cisgender participants using group-level analysis. Both groups described their journeys in terms of emotional tensions that ebbed and flowed across time. Participants reflected on how they experienced tensions internally and within their relationships as they worked through change and created meaning from their experiences. Recommendations for research and clinical work are provided, in light of these findings.
与其他 LGBQ+伴侣相比，伴侣一方为跨性别者的关系往往更为复杂，这是由于性别转变会促使双方及其关系发生变化。尽管过渡对双方都有影响，但跨性别者的关系仍未得到充分研究。本研究以符号互动论为指导，探讨了处于过渡过程中的跨性别和顺性别女性在浪漫关系中如何体验她们的关系。使用群组级分析，对 20 名跨性别和顺性别参与者的访谈采用建构主义扎根理论进行了分析。这两个群体都描述了他们的旅程，涉及随着时间的推移而起伏的情感紧张。参与者反思了他们在经历转变和从经验中创造意义时，如何在内部以及在关系中体验紧张。鉴于这些发现，为研究和临床工作提供了建议。
