TABLE 3.
Stigma, resilience factors, and identity related variables of transgender participants by NSSI in the last 12 months (N = 332)
| Variable | Total sample (N = 332) |
NSSI in last 12 months (n = 74) |
No NSSI in last 12 months (n = 255) |
t (df) or X2 (df) |
p (two- sided) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD or n (%) |
M ± SD or n (%) |
M ± SD or n (%) |
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| Stigma | |||||
| Everyday Discrimination Scale | 2.64 ± 2.59 | 3.49 ± 2.53 | 2.39 ± 2.53 | −3.27 | 0.001 |
| (Enacted stigma) | (327) | ||||
| Stigma Consciousness Scale | 4.92 ± 0.97 | 5.48 ± 0.72 | 4.75 ± 0.98 | −7.02 | < 0.001 |
| (Felt stigma) | (158.36) | ||||
| Resilience factors | |||||
| Family support | 228 (69.7) | 45 (60.8) | 183 (72.3) | 3.60 (1) | 0.058 |
| Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Friend subscale) |
5.73 ± 1.20 | 5.84 ± 1.06 | 5.70 ± 1.24 | −.84 (326) |
0.403 |
| Gender Minority Stress and | 3.37 ± 0.84 | 3.35 ± 0.83 | 3.38 ± 0.84 | .24 | 0.807 |
| Resilience Measure (Transgender community connectedness subscale) |
(326) | ||||
| Identity related variables | |||||
| Transgender Congruence Scale | 4.98 ± 1.19 | 4.34 ± 1.08 | 5.14 ± 1.15 | 5.36 (326) |
< 0.001 |
| Sexual orientation (self-reported)a | 24.32 (6) |
0.001 | |||
| Heterosexual | 74 (22.5) | 5 (6.8) | 68 (26.9) | ||
| Gay/lesbian/same gender loving | 45 (13.7) | 6 (8.2) | 38 (15.0) | ||
| Bisexual | 48 (14.6) | 11 (15.1) | 37 (14.6) | ||
| Queer | 116 (35.3) | 32 (43.8) | 83 (32.8) | ||
| Pansexual | 26 (7.9) | 11 (15.1) | 15 (5.9) | ||
| Asexual | 8 (2.4) | 4 (5.5) | 4 (1.6) | ||
| Another option | 12 (3.6) | 4 (5.5) | 8 (3.2) |
Note: Degrees of freedom may be less than 332 due to missing data or because equal variances not assumed based on Levene’s test.
a
Two cells with expected count less than five, so Fisher’s exact test conducted.