The Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Measure: Psychometric Validity of an Adolescent Extension
The Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Measure: Psychometric Validity of an Adolescent Extension
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DOI：
10.1037/cpp0000297
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Chodzen, Gia
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作者：
Hidalgo, Marco A.;Petras, Hanno;Chodzen, Gia
目的：少数民族的压力有助于一些生理和心理问题的性和性别少数，但在很大程度上是在跨性别/性别歧视（TGNC）的个人，特别是TGNC青少年研究不足。青少年少数民族压力的心理测量方法的可用性可以帮助改善这方面的评估和治疗计划。这项原始的研究探讨了现有的TGNC相关的少数民族压力和弹性的成年人的措施是否可以保留结构和心理测量的有效性时，给予TGNC青少年。方法：受访者为258名TGNC青少年，年龄12至17.99岁（M = 15.1，SD = 1.4），大多数为白色/欧洲裔美国人（70.2%），出生时分配为女性（71.7%），在美国中西部儿科学术医疗中心的跨学科性别健康诊所寻求护理。受访者完成了一系列临床措施作为标准的护理，包括性别少数压力和弹性（GMSR）措施，焦虑和抑郁症状的措施，以及父母的支持。结果如下：研究结果表明，现有的成人措施的小适应导致高的内部一致性和结构效度在9个分量表评估域的少数民族的压力和弹性在这个样本的TGNC青少年。结论：本研究提供了GMSR青少年扩展的因素结构、信度和效度的证据（即，GMSR-A）。这些研究结果证明了GMSR-A的临床实用性，该工具可以帮助增加对TGNC青少年所经历的少数民族压力和弹性现象的理解。
Objective: Minority stress contributes to several physical and psychological problems in sexual and gender minorities but is largely understudied in transgender/gender-nonconforming (TGNC) individuals, particularly TGNC adolescents. The availability of psychometrically sound measures of adolescent minority stress can help improve assessment and treatment planning in this area. This original research study examined whether an existing measure of TGNC-related minority stress and resilience among adults could retain construct and psychometric validity when administered to TGNC adolescents. Method: Respondents were 258 TGNC adolescents, aged 12 to 17.99 years (M = 15.1, SD = 1.4), majority White/European American (70.2%) and assigned female at birth (71.7%) seeking care in an interdisciplinary gender-health clinic within a pediatric academic medical center in the Midwestern United States. Respondents completed a battery of clinical measures as standard of care, including the Gender Minority Stress and Resilience (GMSR) measure, measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms, and parental support. Results: Findings indicated that minor adaptation of the existing adult measure resulted in high internal consistency and construct validity across 9 subscales assessing domains of minority stress and resilience in this sample of TGNC adolescents. Conclusions: This study provides evidence of the factor structure, reliability, and validity of an adolescent extension of the GMSR (i.e., GMSR-A). These findings demonstrate the clinical utility of the GMSR-A, a tool that can help increase understanding of minority stress and resilience phenomena experienced by TGNC adolescents.