Assessment of Resilience and Self Attitude Among Transgender Community in Tamil Nadu

Abstract

The third gender, known better as transgender is one of the broad term referring to the people whose gender identity, expression, or behavior is different from those typically associated with their assigned sex at birth. As per the latest censes, India recorded over 487 thousand people who identified themselves as the third gender, making transgender community as an important part of the nation. The transgender persons are in high risk for developing psychological distress and negative internalized attitudes as there are studies reporting the transgender population to face issues such as depression, substance abuse, suicidal tendencies and conduct disorder. From the psychological perspective, resilience is the capacity to cope with adversity, stress and other negative events as well as the capacity to avoid psychological problems while undergoing difficult circumstances. The present study aims to assess the resilience and self-attitude among transgender community based on their area of living. For this purpose, 30 transgender were taken as a part of the study. The samples were collected from Transgender NGO in Chennai. Based on the results it can be concluded that the area of living is not a foreseeable influence on resilience and self-attitude among transgender population.