PSY 399 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Psychopathology, Causal Inference
13 May 2018
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Class 13: May 14
Bach, Transgender
children supported
in their identities
show positive
mental health
● Transgender people consistently have lower mental health
○ Higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide
● Those who have socially transitioned are shown to be happy
○ Changing their preferred pronouns and typically, their
names, clothing and hairstyles
● Suggest that mental health problems are not inevitable
○ Family support might buffer these children from onset of
mental health problems
● Studies have found that transgender children have higher anxiety
than average
○ Makes sense in a society where transgender kids are
teased and viewed to have a illness or disorder
● Parents could be biased in their reporting, wanting kids to appear
healthier than they are
○ Children themselves might have personality traits that
correlate to a healthy emotional state
Durwood, Mental
Health and Self-
Worth in Socially
Transitioned
Transgender Youth
● Three groups: transgender children, sibling control group, and
age and gender matched controls
○ Both children and their parents filled our depression and
anxiety measurements and reports
● Measurements included internalizing psychopathology and self
worth testing
○ Self Worth using Global Self-Worth from the Harter
Self-Perception Profile for Children
● No differences in self-reported depressive symptoms across the 3
group
○ No significant difference in self-reported anxiety
symptoms across the 3 study groups
● Parents also reported no differences among groups on depressive
symptoms
○ Did report significant differences on anxiety symptoms
● No significant effect of condition, a marginal effect of age
group, and no significant interaction
○ Children in all groups reported self-worth that was higher
than the midpoint
● Transgender children reported normative rates of depression and
slightly increased rates of anxiety
○ Parents of transgender children reported slightly higher
anxiety in their children than the children did
● Transgender children did not differ from age and gender
matched controls or siblings in self-worth
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Document Summary
Bach, transgender children supported in their identities show positive mental health. Transgender people consistently have lower mental health. Higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide. Those who have socially transitioned are shown to be happy. Changing their preferred pronouns and typically, their names, clothing and hairstyles. Suggest that mental health problems are not inevitable. Family support might buffer these children from onset of mental health problems. Studies have found that transgender children have higher anxiety than average. Makes sense in a society where transgender kids are teased and viewed to have a illness or disorder. Parents could be biased in their reporting, wanting kids to appear healthier than they are. Children themselves might have personality traits that correlate to a healthy emotional state. Three groups: transgender children, sibling control group, and age and gender matched controls. Both children and their parents filled our depression and anxiety measurements and reports. Measurements included internalizing psychopathology and self worth testing.
