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Gender Minority Stressors and Psychological Distress Among Chinese Transgender and Gender-Diverse People: Pride as a Protector and Community Connectedness as a Compensator
Cao, Hongjian1; Zhou, Nan2; Qiao, Jinhui2; Liang, Yue3; Li, Yijing4; Wu, Shijia4; Jiang, Zexuan4; He, Jinbo4
2024-10-03
Source PublicationPsychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
ISSN2329-0382
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The past decade has witnessed a gradual improvement of sociocultural climate toward gender minorities, but gender minority stressors (GMS) still remain pervasive and considerable. Nevertheless, many transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people are still able to survive and thrive in psychological well-being. Therefore, it is important to identify resources at different ecological levels that protect TGD people against the negative mental health consequences of GMS and promote their resilience, especially in cultural contexts that have been historically dominated by conservative traditions toward gender minorities. Echoing this claim, we examined the associations of GMS in three major forms (i.e., internalized transphobia, transphobic prejudice events, and nonaffirmation of gender identity) with Chinese TGD people’s psychological distress (PD). In particular, two theoretically potential resilience factors were tested as moderators: pride and community connectedness. Survey data from Chinese TGD people (N = 410, M= 22.33, SD = 4.27) were used. Results of path analyses demonstrated that three forms of GMS were positively associated with PD above and beyond each other. Further, pride moderated the positive link between transphobic prejudice events and PD, such that when pride was high, this association became nonsignificant (i.e., a protective effect). In contrast, although no moderating role of community connectedness emerged, it was negatively associated with PD above and beyond the effects of GMS (i.e., a compensatory effect). Our findings provide evidence supporting the distinctiveness of three GMS and highlight pride and community connectedness as promising intervention targets to facilitate TGD people’s resilience in the face of GMS.

KeywordGender Minority Stressor Psychological Distress Pride Community Connectedness Chinese Transgender And Gender-diverse People
DOI10.1037/sgd0000776
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Language英語English
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85206685733
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionFaculty of Education
Corresponding AuthorHe, Jinbo
Affiliation1.Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2.Faculty of Education, University of Macau, China
3.School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University, China
4.Division of Applied Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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Cao, Hongjian,Zhou, Nan,Qiao, Jinhui,et al. Gender Minority Stressors and Psychological Distress Among Chinese Transgender and Gender-Diverse People: Pride as a Protector and Community Connectedness as a Compensator[J]. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2024.
APA Cao, Hongjian., Zhou, Nan., Qiao, Jinhui., Liang, Yue., Li, Yijing., Wu, Shijia., Jiang, Zexuan., & He, Jinbo (2024). Gender Minority Stressors and Psychological Distress Among Chinese Transgender and Gender-Diverse People: Pride as a Protector and Community Connectedness as a Compensator. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
MLA Cao, Hongjian,et al."Gender Minority Stressors and Psychological Distress Among Chinese Transgender and Gender-Diverse People: Pride as a Protector and Community Connectedness as a Compensator".Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (2024).
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