Mental health of transgenders

Pages: 856-860
Aarushi Dewan and Rita Kumar (Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences Noida, Uttar Pradesh)

Male Female dichotomy in hetero normative societies has created havoc in the life of sexual minorities, thus obscuring the fact that they are also human beings. There is a dearth of research on transgender in India in the existing body of knowledge and stark gaps in knowledge and understanding of the issues and everyday experiences that impact the mental health and psychological well being of people who identify as transgender and exiguous comparative studies between mental health of transgender sample and normal sample. The aim of the present study was to study the anxiety, depression, stress and self esteem of transgender sample and to find the difference between transgender sample and normal sample on these four variables of mental health. A sample of 60 individuals was selected for carrying out the study. 30 samples were taken from the transgender population and 30 from the normal population (including both males &females) Two tools namely: Anxiety, Depression and Stress scale (ADSS) and Rosenberg Self Esteem scale were administered on the participants. Statistical Analysis was carried out after the data was collected.