Relationship Satisfaction and Body Image: A Comparative Study between Transgender and Non-transgender Population

By : Kavya Ahuja, Prashant Srivastava, Vani Narula

Page No: 285-294

Abstract
Background: Transgender people experience their gender identification as extraordinary from the intercourse which turned into assigned to them at starting. Aim: The purpose of the study was to compare transgender and non -transgender population on the variables relationship satisfaction and body image. Method: A population of 25 transgender and 25 non-transgender individuals participated in the study for this and were recruited from Delhi NCR. The participants completed a measure of Relationship scale questionnaire and Dresden Body Image questionnaire. Result: The result reveal that there is no significant difference in any variable among transgender population when compared to non- transgender population based on the analysis of data done by using Independent Sample t-test. Conclusion: Efforts to boom body image satisfaction in transgender people are therefore warranted, as it can make contributions to greater high quality of relationship satisfaction.

Authors :
Vani Narula : Associate Professor – Dept. of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Kavya Ahuja : MSc Clinical Psychology Scholar, Amity University Gurugram, Haryana
Prashant Srivastava : Psychiatric Social Work – Dept. of Psychiarty, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital, Karnal, Haryana.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2019.14.02.5