TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - State of mental health among transgender individuals in Pakistan: psychological resilience and self-esteem
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Akhtar, Mubeen
A1  - Bilour, Nayhan
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00522-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -