Durwood Lily, Gallagher Natalie M, Sifre Robin, Olson Kristina R
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
Clin Psychol Sci. 2024 Sep;12(5):984-996. doi: 10.1177/21677026231208086. Epub 2023 Nov 30.
Some children socially transition genders by changing their pronouns (and often names, hairstyles, clothing) from those associated with their assigned sex at birth to those associated with their gender identity. We refer to children who have socially transitioned as transgender children. In a prospective sample of children who socially transitioned during childhood (at or before the age of 12; = 6.82), we tested whether the parent-reported internalizing symptoms of transgender children were different before vs. after they socially transitioned. The children were predominantly white (70.6% white) and girls (76.5% transgender girls, 23.5% transgender boys). Their parents tended to have high levels of education (74.5% Bachelor's degree or above) and lived in families with high household incomes (62.7% with household incomes of $75,000 or above). On average, youth showed lower levels of internalizing symptoms after socially transitioning vs. before, suggesting a possible mental health benefit of these transitions.
一些儿童通过将代词（通常还有名字、发型、服装）从与他们出生时被指定的性别相关的代词，转变为与他们的性别认同相关的代词来进行社会性别转换。我们将已经进行社会性别转换的儿童称为跨性别儿童。在一个童年时期（12岁及以前；平均年龄 = 6.82岁）进行社会性别转换的儿童前瞻性样本中，我们测试了父母报告的跨性别儿童在社会性别转换前后的内化症状是否存在差异。这些儿童主要是白人（70.6%为白人），且以女孩为主（76.5%为跨性别女孩，23.5%为跨性别男孩）。他们的父母往往受教育程度较高（74.5%拥有学士学位或以上），并且生活在家庭收入较高的家庭中（62.7%家庭收入在75,000美元或以上）。平均而言，青少年在社会性别转换后的内化症状水平低于转换前，这表明这些转换可能对心理健康有益。
