| Literature DB >> 26788676 |
Brian A Rood1, Julia A Puckett2, David W Pantalone2,3, Judith B Bradford3.
Abstract
Transgender individuals experience violence and discrimination, which, in addition to gender transitioning, are established correlates of psychological distress. In a statewide sample of 350 transgender adults, we investigated whether a history of violence and discrimination increased the odds of reporting lifetime suicidal ideation (SI) and whether differences in SI were predicted by gender transition status. Violence, discrimination, and transition status significantly predicted SI. Compared with individuals with no plans to transition, individuals with plans or who were living as their identified gender reported greater odds of lifetime SI. We discuss implications for SI disparities using Meyer's minority stress model.Keywords: discrimination; suicide; transgender; transition; violence
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Year: 2014 PMID: 26788676 PMCID: PMC4713016 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2013.0048
Source DB: PubMed Journal: LGBT Health ISSN: 2325-8292 Impact factor: 4.151