1. Listening to Transgender and Gender Diverse Students on Christian College Campuses
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Janet B. Dean, Michael Lastoria, Stephen P. Stratton, Mark A. Yarhouse, and Heather Keefe
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medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Public health ,education ,Religious studies ,General Medicine ,humanities ,Religiosity ,Social support ,Perception ,Transgender ,medicine ,Active listening ,Young adult ,Psychology ,human activities ,General Nursing ,media_common ,Diversity (politics) ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
This study was an initial investigation of important areas of interest within the literature on transgender and gender diverse students, namely psychological health, well-being and campus climate for transgender and gender diverse students in young adulthood. What is unique is that data were obtained from Christian transgender and gender diverse students attending Christian college and universities. A sample of 31 undergraduate transgender students at nine Christian institutions in which staff were affiliated with the Association for Christians in Student Development completed an online survey. Participants reported high levels of religiosity, diversity in their attitudes about gender identity, negative perceptions of campus climate, lower levels of social support for gender identity than in general, moderate to high levels of psychological distress, and low to moderate levels of psychological well-being.
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- 2021
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