A case-control study on depression, anxiety, and belief in sexual myths in trans women
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Tarih
2023
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Frontiers Media S.A.
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Objective: The purpose of our study was to investigate depression, anxiety,
and belief in sexual myths in trans women.
Methods: This is a prospective case-control study. The case group included
60 trans women who were referred to the Medical Biology and Genetics
Department from various clinics of the research and training hospital where
this study was conducted. The control group consisted of 60 healthy male
individuals who presented to the same hospital for routine health follow-ups
and collecting documents showing their health. In data collection, we used a
Personal Information Form, the Sexual Myths Scale, and the Beck Depression
and Anxiety Inventories. The IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
25.0 was used to analyze the data.
Results: In the case group, 26.7% of the participants were sex workers, and
all were single. While 46.7% of the participants in the case group were living
with their families, 66.7% were smokers, and 13.3% were receiving hormone
treatment. All 60 participants in the control group were also single. The
participants in the control group had higher levels of believing sexual myths
and lower levels of anxiety and depression than those in the case group
(p = 0.000). The mean scores of the participants in the control group in the
Sexual Orientation and Sexual Violence subscales of the Sexual Myths Scale
were higher than the mean scores of those in the case group (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: The trans women who participated in this study had higher
levels of anxiety and depression and lower levels of believing sexual myths
than the control group. The mental health of trans women can be disrupted
due to various treatments they are exposed to in society such as stigma,
discrimination, and violence. Their higher anxiety and depression levels in this
study could be explained by this exposure. This exposure could also have led
to their lower total scores in the Sexual Myths Scale, as well as lower scores in
the Sexual Violence and Sexual Orientation subscales.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Anxiety, Belief in sexual myths, Depression, Gender dysphoria, Sexual myths, Trans women
Kaynak
Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Q1
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13
Künye
Uyar, B., Yücel, İ., Uyar, E., Budak, E. A., Kelle, İ. ve Bülbüloğlu, S. (2023). A case-control study on depression, anxiety, and belief in sexual myths in trans women. Frontiers in Psychiatry, (13), 1-9.
