The Mental Health of Transgender Youth In Comparison to Cisgender Youth
School Name
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
Grade Level
9th Grade
Presentation Topic
Psychology
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
The problem that is being addressed in this study is the effect that being transgender has on mental health. Being transgender is not a choice. This study is set up to bring attention to that and the people who are inadvertently hurt by ignorance and hate. This project was executed anonymously through an online survey by way of Instagram. Fifteen responses were collected, nine men, three women, and three non-binary individuals. As the data was being processed there appeared to be a correlation between the amount of dysphoria and the gender of the person answering the question. Non-binary people and women had, on average, less dysphoria when the men did. If transgender people are misgendered it then their mental health will severely decline. The hypothesis was supported with the data collected during the experiment.
Recommended Citation
Fern, Mary, "The Mental Health of Transgender Youth In Comparison to Cisgender Youth" (2019). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 278.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2019/all/278
Location
Founders Hall 251 B
Start Date
3-30-2019 10:15 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
The Mental Health of Transgender Youth In Comparison to Cisgender Youth
Founders Hall 251 B
The problem that is being addressed in this study is the effect that being transgender has on mental health. Being transgender is not a choice. This study is set up to bring attention to that and the people who are inadvertently hurt by ignorance and hate. This project was executed anonymously through an online survey by way of Instagram. Fifteen responses were collected, nine men, three women, and three non-binary individuals. As the data was being processed there appeared to be a correlation between the amount of dysphoria and the gender of the person answering the question. Non-binary people and women had, on average, less dysphoria when the men did. If transgender people are misgendered it then their mental health will severely decline. The hypothesis was supported with the data collected during the experiment.
