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ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
卷 50, 期 8, 页码 3489-3503出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-02024-6
关键词
Gender dysphoria; Gender affirmative care; Transgender; Gender non-conforming youth; Phenomenology; Gender identity
资金
- University of Oslo (Oslo University Hospital)
- Norwegian Damm Foundation [2018FO197586]
- Norwegian Council for Mental Health [2018FO197586]
- Foreningen FRI (Norwegian Organization for Sexual and Gender Diversity) [2018FO197586]
- Harry Benjamin Ressurssenter (Harry Benjamin Resource Centre) [2018FO197586]
- Skeiv Ungdom (Queer Youth) [2018FO197586]
Adolescents seeking medical care for gender dysphoria (GD) experience bodily sensations, emotional memories, coming out process, relationships with others, and negotiation in everyday life, suggesting a more nuanced conceptualization of GD.
A growing number of adolescents are seeking medical care to alleviate gender dysphoria (GD). This qualitative study explored the subjective experiences of GD among help-seeking transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth in order to develop a more nuanced conceptualization of the phenomenon. Fifteen life-mode interviews were conducted with newly referred youth between the ages of 13 and 19. All participants were assigned female at birth. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The participants targeted five major themes that characterize GD: (1) Bodily sensations were constant reminders of GD throughout the day, (2) emotional memories from the past of being different and outside triggered GD, (3) the process of coming out was a transformative experience that changed how the participants understood themselves, (4) GD both increased and decreased in relation to others, (5) everyday life required careful negotiation to feel whole without developing new forms of GD. Based on the results, we suggest a more conceptually nuanced model of GD, one which accounts for how bodily sensations and emotional memories from the past were sources that elicited GD. The sources were mediated through the process of coming out and relating to others, and this resulted in the negotiation of GD today. The conceptual model suggested in the present study could ideally shed light on preexisting knowledge on TGNC youth struggling with GD. In addition, an improved understanding of GD could ideally help clinicians when addressing individual treatment needs.
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