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Happiness and Mental Health in Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Transsexual People



Fallahtafti E1 ; Nasehi M2 ; Rasuli R3 ; Farhud DD4 ; Pourebrahim T1 ; Zareeeimahmoodabadi H5
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  1. 1. Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Technologies, Science and Culture University, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

Source: Iranian Journal of Public Health Published:2019

Abstract

Background: Sex is one of the major social classes in any society. Gender identity as the most fundamental element of human life from beginning to end. While most people with behavior and attitudes appropriate to their physiological gender, but among them are also those sexual behaviors with their physical sex does not match, that say to this group transsexual people. The aim of this study was to investigate happiness and mental health in transsexual individuals before surgery and after surgery. Methods: This quasi-experimental study, consisted of 42 patients before surgery and after surgery inside Iran in 2016-2017. Snowball sampling method was selected. The instrument was Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) and Symptom Check List (SCL25). Data were analyzed using SPSS, t-test independent groups and one-way ANOVA. Results: There was significant difference between transsexual individuals before surgery and after surgery in mean score of happiness (P<0.01) (t=-4/84). Moreover, there was significant difference between the two groups in mean score of mental health (P<0.01) (f=19/13). Conclusion: Transsexual individuals after surgery experienced more happiness and mental health than those before surgery. © 2019, Iranian Journal of Public Health. All rights reserved.
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