Enacted Stigma, Mental Health, and Protective Factors among Transgender Youth in Canada

Transgender Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 207-216

  Veale, Jaimie F ^a   Peter, Tracey ^b   Travers, Robb ^c   Saewyc, Elizabeth M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescence; family support; mental health; minority stress; school support; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BILINGUALISM; CANADIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HARASSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; SUICIDE; TRANSGENDER; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85051686416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2380193X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2017.0031     Document Type: Article

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