Perceived Social Support, Forgiveness, Hope and Quality of Life among Transgenders and Cisgenders

Abstract

Living in a homophobic society and with familial rejection have an impact on one’s life. The current study examines the perceived social support, forgiveness, and hope as a predictor of quality of life among transgenders and cisgenders. This study also tries to determine the difference between transgenders and cisgenders with regard to all the four study variables. For the purpose of this research, convenience sampling design was used for cisgenders (N=81) and snowball sampling design for transgenders (N=60). Data was collected using Quality of Life Scale (WHO-QOL), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet et al.), Heartland Forgiveness Scale (Thompson et al.) and Adult Hope Scale (Snyder et al.). Results of Independent sample t-test indicated that there is difference in perceived social support, forgiveness, hope, and quality of life between transgenders and cisgenders. Linear Multiple Regression revealed that the Perceived Social Support, Forgiveness, and Hope predicts the Quality of Life among transgenders and cisgenders. Understanding the magnitude and direction of such differences contributes important implications for both intervention development and decisions regarding the prioritization of mental health programmes within the gender- minority community.