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Understanding Healthcare Experiences of Gender Minority Individuals : The Role of Gender Identity Non-Disclosure
Schupiloff, A. (2024) Understanding Healthcare Experiences of Gender Minority Individuals : The Role of Gender Identity Non-Disclosure.
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| Abstract: | While healthcare avoidance and negative healthcare experiences of gender minority (GM) individuals have been documented in current research, few studies have focused on the potential impact of gender identity non-disclosure towards general healthcare providers. This research investigated how gender identity non-disclosure towards general healthcare providers connects to negative healthcare experiences, healthcare avoidance, and depression in an online survey conducted among 19 GM participants. In contrast to expectations and previous research, no significant relationships were found between negative healthcare experiences and gender identity non-disclosure, gender identity non-disclosure and depression, or healthcare avoidance. However, 63.16% of participants had not disclosed their gender identity to their healthcare provider, over half of the participants had experienced at least one instance of discrimination within healthcare, and 53% had avoided seeing a healthcare provider even though they felt like they needed to because of gender identity related concerns. A limitation of the current research is its small sample size, which limited the ability to detect potentially significant effects. This research highlights the need for validated measures encompassing non-disclosure within the healthcare interactions of GM individuals, as well as GM-specific education for healthcare providers to reduce discrimination. Future studies with bigger samples sizes are essential to further explore these findings. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/100046 |
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