Parents of youth who identify as transgender: an exploratory study
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Date
2010-12Author
Johnson, Danielle
Sikorski, Jonathon
Advisor(s)
Savage, Todd
Woitaszewski, Scott
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The present qualitative study explores the experiences, perceptions, support systems, and coping strategies on which parents of youths who identify as transgender rely. Specifically, parental challenges and concerns about their daughter or sons? school experiences and the resulting impact on the family are identified. The ways parents cope and find support in dealing with these challenges and concerns are explored as well. Interviews were gathered from parents of youths who identify as transgender and were analyzed using the CQR method.
Subject
Parents
Family
Transgender children--Family relationships
Transgender
Gender identity
Parents--Attitudes
Gender expression
Resiliency
Schools
Homophobia in schools
Transgenderism
Transgender children
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/47782Description
School Psychology Program Directed Research Project. 2010. Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) Degree. University of Wisconsin-River Falls. 34 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-34).
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