SocNet-TNB

Differentiated recording of social networks of trans* and non-binary people

Project overview

In research, the totality of social contacts is described as a person's social network. This network also describes the interaction with others and how the person is doing with these contacts.

For trans* and non-binary people, social contacts can be a double-edged sword: on the one hand, scientific surveys show that supportive contacts in the environment are enormously important. Supportive relationships keep trans* and non-binary people mentally healthy and help to alleviate stress. On the other hand, trans* and non-binary people repeatedly report a lack of acceptance or even discrimination from other people.

The SocNet-TNB study aims to analyse the supportive and stressful relationships of trans* and non-binary people in a more differentiated way than before. It also aims to investigate the influence of differentiated relationship aspects from social networks on mental health and identity development.
 

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Further information

  • Duration: from 2024
  • Responsible: Junior Professorship of Specific Fields of Activity in Clinical Psychology
  • Project partners: Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy III at the UW/H, University of Kassel

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