Children's attitudes about transgender identity disclosure and concealment.
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| Title: | Children's attitudes about transgender identity disclosure and concealment. |
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| Authors: | Alonso, Daniel J., Jordan, Ashley E., Gülgöz, Selin |
| Source: | British Journal of Developmental Psychology. Jun2025, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p359-375. 17p. |
| Subjects: | Gender-nonconforming people, Siblings, Effect sizes (Statistics), Gender identity, T-test (Statistics), Research funding, Data analysis, Social perception, Descriptive statistics, Longitudinal method, Cisgender people, One-way analysis of variance, Statistics, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Case studies, Comparative studies, Psychosocial factors, Children |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | Supportive peers are crucial for transgender children's well‐being. Transgender children who live in their affirmed gender face decisions surrounding concealment and disclosure of their transgender identity. We sought to understand how cisgender (N = 115) and gender‐diverse children (N = 127), and siblings of gender‐diverse children (N = 63) think about transition disclosure and concealment. All groups viewed transition disclosure and concealment positively. However, gender‐diverse children showed greater acceptance of transition concealment and had stronger liking of transition concealers (relative to non‐transition concealers). Additionally, children generally expected transgender peers to be selective about who they disclose to, valuing trustworthiness and diverse friend groups in such decisions. Our findings suggest that regardless of gender identity, children are sensitive to the potential costs of disclosure and may support trans children however they choose to navigate these decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Supportive peers are crucial for transgender children's well‐being. Transgender children who live in their affirmed gender face decisions surrounding concealment and disclosure of their transgender identity. We sought to understand how cisgender (N = 115) and gender‐diverse children (N = 127), and siblings of gender‐diverse children (N = 63) think about transition disclosure and concealment. All groups viewed transition disclosure and concealment positively. However, gender‐diverse children showed greater acceptance of transition concealment and had stronger liking of transition concealers (relative to non‐transition concealers). Additionally, children generally expected transgender peers to be selective about who they disclose to, valuing trustworthiness and diverse friend groups in such decisions. Our findings suggest that regardless of gender identity, children are sensitive to the potential costs of disclosure and may support trans children however they choose to navigate these decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 0261510X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjdp.12493 |
