@article{ref1,
title="State of mental health among transgender individuals in Pakistan: psychological resilience and self-esteem",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2019",
author="Akhtar, Mubeen and Bilour, Nayhan",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
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. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-019-00522-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00522-5"
}