Abstract
Transgender people face numerous social hurdles and consequently report elevated rates of mental health problems. However, little research has examined whether established mental health findings generalize to experiences of transgender people outside of Western contexts. In an analysis of the 2017 Chinese Transgender Population General Survey (N = 1,106), we examined how discrimination and environmental support in a school context related to mental health and self-harm among transgender people. We found that more frequent school discrimination was associated with worse mental health and increased self-harm. Further, perceived environmental support was associated with better mental health but was unrelated to self-harm. These relations did not differ based on whether people were “out” about being transgender at school or between men and women. These findings highlight nuance in the experiences of transgender people outside of Western contexts and hold implications for developing effective social interventions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 747-757 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Social Psychological and Personality Science |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2022 |
Keywords
- disclosure
- discrimination
- environmental support
- mental health
- self-harm
- transgender
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Clinical Psychology