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JOURNAL OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 87-97Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000127
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transgender; community; sense of belonging; identity; well-being
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This study examined transgender community belongingness as a mediator between strength of transgender identity and well-being. A total of 571 transgender adults (n= 209 transgender women, n = 217 transgender men, and n = 145 nonbinary-identified individuals) completed an online survey assessing transgender community belongingness, strength of transgender identity (operationalized as the extent to which a person self-categorizes their identity as transgender and the extent to which they believe their gender transition to be important to their self-definition), and well-being (using measures of self-esteem, satisfaction with life, and psychological well-being). Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. When controlling for participants' income, age, and stage of gender transition, transgender community belongingness fully mediated the relationship between strength of transgender identity and well-being. Strength of transgender identity was indirectly and positively related to well-being through community belongingness, but was not directly related to well-being. Results suggest that transgender community belongingness is an important construct in the mental health of transgender people. The strength of a person's transgender identity also appears to be a significant construct in transgender people's well-being via its relationship with transgender community belongingness. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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