Citation

Luz PM, Jalil EM, Castilho J, Velasque L, Ramos M, Ferreira ACG, Ferreira AL, Wilson EC, Veloso VG, Thombs BD, Moodie EEM, Grinsztejn B. Transgend Health 2022; 7(1): 101-106.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/trgh.2020.0171

PMID

35224191

PMCID

PMC8867219

Abstract

Transgender women experience violence and discrimination that lead to stress responses and contribute to poor mental health. In this analysis of baseline data from Transcendendo, a trans-specific open cohort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we hypothesized that the experience of discrimination and violence would be associated with depressive symptoms and that resilience could mitigate this association.

RESULTS showed that prior experiences with discrimination and sexual and physical violence were associated with depressive symptoms, while resilience was inversely associated with depressive symptoms. Resilience did not moderate nor mediate the strong effects of discrimination and violence on depressive symptoms in adjusted models.

Language: en

Keywords

resilience; discrimination; violence; transgender women; depression symptoms