Resilience and multiple stigmatized identities: Lessons from transgender persons’ reflections on aging

Positive Psychology: Advances in Understanding Adult Motivation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 247-267

  McFadden, Susan H ^a   Frankowski, Scott ^b   Flick, Heather ^a   Witten, Tarynn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Agency; Intersectionality; Queer theory; Resilience; Self acceptance; Spirituality; Stigma; Successful aging; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925644595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7282-7     Document Type: Chapter

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