“I Am Fortunate to Have a Transgender Child”: An Investigation into the Barriers and Facilitators to Support among Parents of Trans and Nonbinary Youth

Matsuno, Em; McConnell, Elizabeth A.; Dolan, C. V.; Israel, Tania

doi:10.1080/1550428x.2021.1991541

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“…32 This study adds to research elucidating the many difficulties transgender youth and their families face when they engage in mental health services (e.g., untrained providers) and their need for more tailored supports. 33,34 Taken together, it is possible that existing mental health treatments, including EBPs, are not by themselves sufficient for addressing the needs of transgender youth.…”

Section: Redefining Evidence Based Practice (Ebp) For Transgender Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Employing dissemination and implementation science to promote mental health equity for transgender youth

Price,

Barnett,

Cerezo

et al. 2024

Children and Youth Services Review

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Section: Redefining Evidence Based Practice (Ebp) For Transgender Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Employing dissemination and implementation science to promote mental health equity for transgender youth

Price,

Barnett,

Cerezo

et al. 2024

Children and Youth Services Review

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“…Although the literature about TGD youth resilience points to the critical role of parental support (e.g., Aramburu Alegría, 2018; Matsuno et al, 2022; Schlehofer et al, 2021), less is known about how parents of TGD youth build resilience as they navigate systems of oppression while supporting their child. It is crucial to understand the ways in which parents of TGD youth build resilience because it can foster strong parent–child relationships, as well as mobilize them to engage in actions to improve the lives of their TGD child.…”

Section: Experiences Of Parents Of Tgd Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Radical hope in parents of transgender and gender diverse youth in the United States.

Abreu,

Martin,

Hainsworth

et al. 2024

Journal of Family Psychology

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Parental support is crucial in the well-being of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth. Research shows that parents of TGD youth often experience stigma and negative mental health outcomes as a result of being exposed to cissexist settings as they advocate and seek services for their child. Yet, there is a lack of research on the experiences of parents of TGD youth in the United States. This study explores the reported hopes of 990 parents (M age = 48.6 years; SD = 6.7; 88.1% White; 67.3% heterosexual; 89.4% cisgender women) of TGD youth for their children (youth ages 3-18 years) in the United States. Radical hope framework is applied to unpack narratives of hopes by parents of TGD youth as a critical component of resistance and motivation toward healing from oppression. For this study, the following open-ended question was analyzed using thematic analysis: What is your greatest hope for your child? Four main themes and 11 subthemes of parental hopes emerged: (1) living authentically (freely expressing themselves, developing self-love, living a happy and normal life), (2) interpersonal connections (finding community, building social networks and friendships, developing romantic relationships, building their own family, and loved by others), (3) meeting life milestones (career and employment, achieving goals and dreams, and becoming an advocate), and (4) acceptance by society. We provide clinical recommendations grounded on the tenets of radical hope such as collective ways in which parents of TGD youth can engage in both resisting systemic oppression and building strong loving relationships with their child.

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“…not knowing other families with TGD youth, anticipating negative evaluation from wider family) and, a lack of knowledge about gender identity and TGD challenges (e.g. Matsuno et al., 2022 ; Morgan, Wells, et al., 2022 ; Pullen Sansfaçon et al., 2020 ; Wagner & Armstrong, 2020 ). There is limited research to date that has triangulated these perspectives with those of TGD youth which limits the effectiveness of parental support initiatives.…”

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“[He] can be supportive, but at times I feel he is ashamed of me”: Understanding the relationship between parental support and quality of life amongst trans and gender diverse youth in the UK

Barras,

Jones

2023

International Journal of Transgender Health

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Background Trans and gender diverse (TGD) youth often report poor relations with their parents and perceive these to be core to the mental health difficulties they experience. One aspect of psychological wellbeing that has not been well explored in relation to parental support is Quality of Life (QoL). Aim To test the association between perceived parental support and QoL and, understand from the young person’s perspective how parental support contributes to QoL. Method To address these aims a multi-methods design was used and 140 TGD youth aged 11–19 years old from the UK took part in an online survey in 2020. Validated measures of parental support and QoL were used in conjunction with open-ended survey questions about experiences of parental support. Findings As expected, we found a significant and positive association between parental support and QoL. Two themes were found in the qualitative data: (1) Parental support is not black or white, (2) Knowledge is a catalyst for affirmative parental support. Conclusions Our findings demonstrate the positive implications of affirmative family support on QoL but at the same time highlight how parental relations can be complex and frequently conditional. Organizations supporting young TGD people (e.g. those working in education, healthcare) should prepare young people for the complexity of family relationships. Knowledge and awareness were felt to be an important tool in increasing the likelihood of parental support, but affirmative and evidence-based support needs to be made more readily available.

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“I Am Fortunate to Have a Transgender Child”: An Investigation into the Barriers and Facilitators to Support among Parents of Trans and Nonbinary Youth

Cited by 17 publications

References 57 publications

Employing dissemination and implementation science to promote mental health equity for transgender youth

Employing dissemination and implementation science to promote mental health equity for transgender youth

Radical hope in parents of transgender and gender diverse youth in the United States.

“[He] can be supportive, but at times I feel he is ashamed of me”: Understanding the relationship between parental support and quality of life amongst trans and gender diverse youth in the UK

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