Citation

Akhtar M, Bilour N. Community Ment. Health J. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Park Road, Tarlai Kalan, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-019-00522-5

PMID

31828579

Abstract

The current research intended to study the state of mental health among the community of transgender individuals in Pakistan. The level of psychological resilience and self-esteem was explored in addition to finding the differences regarding socio-demographic factors. A sample of 100 transgender individuals was selected through snowball sampling. Data was gathered through self-respondent questionnaire and interviews.

RESULTS showed that 29% of the sample have low level of psychological resilience while 74% presented low to moderate level of self-esteem. A significant positive correlation was found between psychological resilience and self-esteem (r =.65, p <.01). Pertaining to socio-demographic factors, education has a significant positive correlation with resilience (r =.32, p <.05) and self esteem (r =.38, p <.01). Moreover, transgender individuals residing with their gurus have a significantly higher level of resilience (p <.05) and self-esteem (p <.05) as compared to living alone or with friends.

Language: en

Keywords

Mental health; Psychological resilience; Self-esteem; Transgender individuals