Skrzypczak Emilia, Grunt-Mejer Katarzyna, Ziółkowska Justyna
Faculty of Psychology in Wroclaw, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw, Poland.
Faculty of Psychology and Law in Poznan, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznan, Poland.
Int J Transgend Health. 2024 Jul 11;26(3):544-563. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2024.2376215. eCollection 2025.
The literature emphasizes the importance of sexual orientation in the self-identification and decision-making processes related to diagnosis and gender affirmation among transgender individuals. A deeper understanding of these relations can be attained by synthesizing qualitative studies that explore the personal meanings transgender individuals attribute to their sexual orientation.
The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature investigating the meaning of sexual orientation in the lives of transgender people.
Original studies published on PubMed, Scopus, PsycInfo, and Web of Science between 2010 and 2020 were examined. Fourteen qualitative studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Each of them was analyzed using a thematic synthesis method to identify key themes.
The thematic synthesis revealed that sexual orientation interplays with gender identity at individual, relational, and social levels, while transgender people often report confusion between the two and the influence of one identity on the development of the other.
The findings both inform future research directions and have clinical implications, such as increasing awareness of the interrelated influence of sexual orientation and gender identity. Clinicians should approach the labels adopted by patients as possibly subject to change, supporting clients in their self-exploration process.
文献强调了性取向在跨性别者自我认同以及与诊断和性别确认相关的决策过程中的重要性。通过综合探索跨性别者赋予其性取向的个人意义的定性研究，可以更深入地理解这些关系。
本研究的目的是系统回顾调查跨性别者生活中性取向意义的文献。
对2010年至2020年间发表在PubMed、Scopus、PsycInfo和科学网（Web of Science）上的原始研究进行了审查。十四项定性研究符合纳入标准并被纳入综述。每项研究都采用主题综合法进行分析以确定关键主题。
主题综合显示，性取向在个人、关系和社会层面与性别认同相互作用，而跨性别者经常报告两者之间的混淆以及一种身份对另一种身份发展的影响。
研究结果既为未来的研究方向提供了信息，也具有临床意义，例如提高对性取向和性别认同相互关联影响的认识。临床医生应将患者采用的标签视为可能会发生变化的，在患者的自我探索过程中给予支持。
