Relationship between Social Support Perception and Suicide Risk in Transsexual People: Mediation Role of Depression
Subject Areas : روان شناسی
mandana niknam
1
*
,
Fereshteh Modirfallahrad
2
,
simindokht rezakhani
3
,
simin hosseinian
4
1 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Khatam University, Tehran, Iran. (Responsible author)
2 - Consulting, Faculty of Islamic Education, Islamic Azad University of Karaj, Iran
3 - Associate Professor of Counseling Department, Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, Iran
4 -
Keywords: perception of social support, depression, transsexual, risk of suicide,
Abstract :
The present study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived social support and suicide risk in transgender individuals, considering the mediating role of depression. The present study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the research included transgender individuals in Iranian cities in the time frame of 2022-2023. Among these, 266 individuals were selected through purposive and snowball sampling methods and responded to questionnaires. The data collection instruments were the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSTS), the Multi-dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support Zimet (MSPSS), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II). The data collected using the Pearson correlation method and the research model were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) technique with SPSS-28 and AMOS-24 software. The results of data analysis showed that perceived social support has a negative and significant relation-ship with the risk of suicide in transgender individuals (P<0/05); depression has a positive and significant relationship with the risk of suicide in transgender individuals (P<0/05). Perceived social support and depression ex-plain 0/67 of the variance in suicide risk among transgender individuals; social support, both directly and indirectly through depression, is able to predict suicide risk in transgender individuals.
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