Attempted suicide among transgender persons: The influence of gender-based discrimination and victimization

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 53-69

  Clements Nolle, Kristen ^a   Marx, Rani ^b   Katz, Mitchell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Independent risk factors; Stigmatization; Suicide; Transgender; Transsexual; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 33751318251     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v51n03_04     Document Type: Article

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