Minority stress, mental health, and substance use in transgender youth: the moderating role of positive affect
Positive affect is a promising modifiable protective factor that buffers the negative impact of gender minority stress on the mental well-being of TGD youth. Adapting existing positive emotion interventions for TGD youth is an indicated future direction for research and clinical practice.
Authors
- Yee-Ming Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0554-8502)
- Diane Ehrensaft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2708-6310)
- Judith T. Moskowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1399-3318)
- Robert Garofalo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9513-9416)
- Marco A. Hidalgo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0684-0740)
- Diane Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7302-9248)
- Claire A. Coyne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8889-6259)
- Johanna Olson-Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6264-7596)
- Benjamin Parchem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4800-1884)
- Stephen M. Rosenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5027-1464)
- Johnny Berona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7172-7854)
- Amy C. Tishelman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-1732)
Institutions
- Boston College (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- Published
- 2025-03-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf018
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.88
Funders
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences