ABSTRACT
Background: Transgender community is often face intense social discrimination which is deeply affect the psychological wellbeing and self-concept. One's identity and mental health possess important role in formation of self-concept and directly affect to personal and social functioning.
Purpose: This study is designed to examine the casual relationship of perceived social discrimination and various domains of self-concept among transgender individuals.
Method: A total of 60 transgender individuals are administered two standardized scales perceived discrimination scale and self-concept scale in their own settings. T-test, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression with Enter method are used to perform data analysis.
Results: Findings indicates the significant effect of perceived discrimination on two domains of self-concept resistance to anxiety and, sense of meaning and self-actualization. Two domains of self-concept resistance to anxiety, and social adaptability are found significant negative relationship with perceived discrimination, whereas, sense of meaning and self-actualization is found significant positive association with perceived discrimination. In addition, sense of meaning and self-actualization is found significant predictor of perceived discrimination for respective population.
Conclusion: Findings of the study illustrates the positive and negative associations between perceived discrimination and self-concept. Study emphasizes the recommendation of psychosocial support and empowerment-based interventions programme for transgender communities.
