Gender Minority Young Adult Mental Health: Anti-Transgender Prejudice, Mediators, and Implications in the COVID-19 Era

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dc.contributor.advisorIwamoto, Derek
dc.contributor.authorPease, M
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-22T15:22:46Z
dc.date.available2020-11-22T15:22:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractBinary and nonbinary transgender young adults exist in a state of marginalization in American society. Both interpersonal and institutional forms of prejudice, discrimination, and oppression against trans individuals have created a myriad of mental and physical health disparities in this population. Yet, limited research has examined the mechanisms of risk for transgender young adults. Moreover, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic may exacerbate risk for marginalized groups. Using a minority stress framework and online cross-sectional survey design (N = 239), the current study examines gender dysphoria, emotion dysregulation, and relational authenticity as mediators of the relationship between transgender distal stress and negative mental health outcomes (i.e., psychological distress, alcohol use, and e-cigarette use) during the early stages of the novel coronavirus pandemic (late May to early July 2020). Additional data examined stressors relating to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Findings suggest gender dysphoria and emotion dysregulation mediate the distal stress-psychological distress pathway. An indirect effect of relational authenticity on alcohol use and gender dysphoria on e-cigarette use was also observed. Results are contextualized within the COVID-19 pandemic and critical implications are drawn for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/y709-jfyr
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/26677
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDepartment of Psychology
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Behavioral and Social Sciences
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjecttransen_US
dc.subjecttransgenderen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectgender dysphoriaen_US
dc.subjectminority stressen_US
dc.subjectcoronavirusen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectLGBTQen_US
dc.subjecthealth disparitiesen_US
dc.titleGender Minority Young Adult Mental Health: Anti-Transgender Prejudice, Mediators, and Implications in the COVID-19 Eraen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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