Collective Self-Esteem as a Coping Resource for Male-to-Female Transsexuals

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 202-209

  Sánchez, Francisco J ^a   Vilain, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brief symptom inventory; gender dysphoria; gender identity disorder; minority stress; transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849106644     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014573     Document Type: Article

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