Employment, Mental Health, Internalized Stigma, and Coping With Transphobia Among Transgender Individuals

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-158

  Mizock, Lauren ^a   Mueser, Kim T ^b  

^a WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Internalized stigma; Qualitative; Transgender; Transphobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020358392     PISSN: 23290382     EISSN: 23290390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000029     Document Type: Article

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