Transgender Emotional and Coping Processes

Abstract

Eighteen transgender-identified individuals participated in semi-structured interviews regarding emotional and coping processes throughout their gender transition. The authors used grounded theory to conceptualize and analyze the data. There were three distinct phases through which the participants described emotional and coping experiences: (a) pretransition, (b) during the transition, and (c) posttransition. Five separate themes emerged, including descriptions of coping mechanisms, emotional hardship, lack of support, positive social support, and affirmative emotional experiences. The authors developed a model to describe the role of coping mechanisms and support experienced throughout the transition process.

Cognitive and interpersonal identity processes related to mid-life gender transitioning in transgender women

“…Rather than describing all 103 axial codes, we have focused on codes whose names required further explanation and/or codes with concrete clinical implications. Other themes emerging from participants' narratives in this study are described elsewhere (Budge et al, 2010;Budge, Katz-Wise et al, 2013).…”

“…This research was originally designed to qualitatively investigate transgender individuals' emotional experiences related to gender transitioning (Budge, Katz-Wise et al, 2013). During the interviews and data analysis process, we found that participants' narratives contained many themes of cognitive and interpersonal identity processes related to gender transitioning.…”

“…In addition to the three primary questions, content throughout the rest of the transcript was coded for identity and transition processes. However, other questions in the interview were focused on career processes (Budge, Tebbe, & Howard, 2010) and emotional processes (Budge, Katz-Wise et al, 2013), thus the majority of the content was not specific to the current study.…”

“…Although the development of gender identity occurs for all individuals (Egan & Perry, 2001), deviation from gender norms and "typical" gender identity development often leads to prejudice and discrimination (Grant et al, 2011;Lombardi, Wilchins, Priesing, & Moulof, 2001). Transgender (sometimes abbreviated as trans) individuals are particularly vulnerable to mental health concerns, such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation (Budge, Adelson, & Howard, 2013;Budge, Katz-Wise et al, 2013;Clements-Nolle, Marx, Guzman, & Katz, 2001), which may be related to experiencing minority stress (Hendricks & Testa, 2012;I. H. Meyer, 2003).…”

Estudio de validación del Cuestionario de Afrontamiento del Estrés en personas trans de México

“…Debido a la importancia del concepto de afrontamiento en psicología de la salud y su aplicación a esta población vulnerable (Budge et al, 2013), contar con un instrumento que evalúe este concepto y que sea validado en población trans constituye un avance importante dentro de los estudios de género. Así, explorar las propiedades psicométricas del CAE en población trans proporcionará información relevante sobre la manera en que este grupo de personas hacen frente a la adversidad, lo que acrecienta el panorama de estudio dentro de los estudios de género y de la psicología.…”