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Resilience from Violence in the Transgender Community

Wilder, Shannon M. J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1498051485277639

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
Research has consistently documented high rates of sexual violence against transgender individuals and the pathways between experiences of violence and negative mental health outcomes in this population have been well established. However, emerging research suggests that not all transgender victims of violence experience negative outcomes and some may experience positive adaptation, a concept which has been termed resilience. Moreover, the Minority Stress Model has been adapted to account for resilience from violence in the transgender community and identifies two variables that may promote resilience in this population: community connectedness and transgender pride. However, this model has yet to be validated. Additional resilience factors from violence for transgender survivors of violence have been suggested (i.e., social support, cultivation of hope/optimism, facilitative coping) but much of this research has not explicitly examined these variables as resilience factors from sexual violence. Finally, research has suggested that attention to intersectionality is important to examination of resilience in the transgender community. Based on the limitations of the literature, the current study examined resilience factors from sexual violence, including community connectedness, transgender identity pride, social support, hope/optimism, and use of coping skills, among transgender individuals with attention to diversity. Findings demonstrated that the majority of individuals had experienced sexual victimization. The current study did not find support for the resilience variables suggested by the literature; however, direct relationships between suggested resilience factors and well-being and trauma symptoms were found. Additionally, results from structural equation models showed that 1) transphobia mediated the relationship between sexual violence and trauma symptoms and 2) the relationship between violence and trauma symptoms existed among older individuals but not younger individuals.
Christine Gidycz (Advisor)
119 p.
Clinical Psychology; Psychology
Transgender; Minority Stress Model; resilience; sexual violence

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  • Wilder, S. M. J. (2018). Resilience from Violence in the Transgender Community [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1498051485277639

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wilder, Shannon. Resilience from Violence in the Transgender Community. 2018. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1498051485277639.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wilder, Shannon. "Resilience from Violence in the Transgender Community." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1498051485277639

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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