A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Group Counselling to Reduce the Level of Stress Related to Psychosocial Issues and to Promote Coping Strategies among the Transgender, Northeastern India

Background: The third gender known better as transgender have existed in every culture, race, class and religion since the inception of human life has been recorded and analyzed. Aim: The study was aim to evaluate the effectiveness of group counselling to reduce the level of stress related to psychosocial issues and to promote the coping strategies related to psychosocial issues among transgender in Northeastern India. Materials and Methods: Pre - experimental one group pre - test and post - test research design were adopted and non - probability Purposive sampling technique was used to choose 30 transgenders residing in social awareness service organization, Imphal West, Manipur. Modified stress scale and modified coping strategies were used to collect the data. Result: Majority of Transgender i. e.17 (57%) had High Stress and 13 (43%) had Moderate Stress in pre - test score whereas in post - test majority of Transgender 23 (77%) had Low Stress and 7 (23%) had moderate stress. Majority of Transgender i. e.17 (57%) had Poor Coping Strategies and 13 (43%) had Good Coping Strategies whereas in posttest majority of Transgender 25 (83%%) had Very Good Coping Strategies, 5 (17%) had Good Coping Strategies. The promotion of coping mechanisms in relation to the psychosocial problems faced by transgender people was found to be enhanced by group counselling. Education status and mean stress score were significantly associated. Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that Group Counselling was effective for reducing the level of stress and promoting of coping strategies related to psychosocial issues among transgender.