Risk and protective factors in the lives of transgender/gender nonconforming adolescents

ME Eisenberg, AL Gower, BJ McMorris… - Journal of adolescent …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Research suggests that transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth
may be at greatly increased risk of high-risk health behaviors compared with cisgender …

Health and care utilization of transgender and gender nonconforming youth: A population-based study

GN Rider, BJ McMorris, AL Gower, E Coleman… - …, 2018 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) adolescents have
difficulty accessing and receiving health care compared with cisgender youth, yet research …

Supporting transgender and gender diverse youth: Protection against emotional distress and substance use

AL Gower, GN Rider, C Brown, BJ McMorris… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Important mental and physical health disparities exist for transgender and
gender diverse youth compared with cisgender youth (ie, those whose birth-assigned sex …

Understanding the mental health of transgender and nonbinary youth

M Price-Feeney, AE Green, S Dorison - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Currently, there is a lack of nationwide data examining the mental health of
transgender and nonbinary youth. Furthermore, relatively little is known about how the …

Mental health of transgender and gender nonconforming youth compared with their peers

TA Becerra-Culqui, Y Liu, R Nash, L Cromwell… - …, 2018 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Understanding the magnitude of mental health problems, particularly life-
threatening ones, experienced by transgender and/or gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth …

Demographic and behavioral profiles of nonbinary and binary transgender youth

K Todd, SM Peitzmeier, SK Kattari… - Transgender …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: Emerging literature suggests there may be important differences in the
demographic characteristics and health profiles of nonbinary transgender youth compared …

Family functioning and mental health of transgender and gender-nonconforming youth in the trans teen and family narratives project

SL Katz-Wise, D Ehrensaft, R Vetters… - The Journal of Sex …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGN) youth are at increased risk for adverse
mental health outcomes, but better family functioning may be protective. This study …

The mental health of transgender youth: Advances in understanding

MD Connolly, MJ Zervos, CJ Barone II… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2016 - Elsevier
This review provides an update on the growing body of research related to the mental health
of transgender youth that has emerged since the 2011 publication of the Institute of Medicine …

Mental health and psychosocial risk and protective factors among Black and Latinx transgender youth compared with peers

SR Vance, CB Boyer, DV Glidden… - JAMA network open, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Black and Latinx transgender youth experience stigma that may increase their
susceptibility to mental health symptoms. Objective To compare past-year mental health …

Protective factors among transgender and gender variant youth: A systematic review by socioecological level

MM Johns, O Beltran, HL Armstrong, PE Jayne… - The journal of primary …, 2018 - Springer
Transgender and gender variant (GV) youth experience elevated risk for poor health and
academic outcomes due mainly to social experiences of stigma and discrimination. To …