Open AccessRumination as a Marker of Psychological Improvement in Transsexual Women Postoperative
Author(s) -
Andressa Mueller,
Cláudia lrene De Quadros,
Karine Schwarz,
Ângelo Brandelli Costa,
Anna Martha Vaitses Fontanari,
Bianca Machado Borba Soll,
Dhiordan Cardoso da Silva,
Maiko Abel Schneider,
Érico de Moura Silveira,
Márcia Kauer-Sant’Anna,
Maria Inês Rodrigues Lobato
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transgender health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.242
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2688-4887
pISSN - 2380-193X
DOI - 10.1089/trgh.2016.0029
Subject(s) - transsexual , rumination , anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , quality of life (healthcare) , psychiatry , psychotherapist , transgender , cognition , psychoanalysis , economics , macroeconomics
Purpose: This study aimed to analyze rumination levels of transsexual women before and after gender affirmation surgery (GAS). Rumination scores may represent a broader measure of GAS success and an alternative to patient-reported satisfaction, quality of life, well-being, or the presence of "caseness" for anxiety or depression as previously established in the literature. Methods: Thirty-nine transsexual women were recruited. The participants completed the rumination scale of the Response Styles Questionnaire (RSQ) and were divided into three subsets according to the treatment time. Results: The rumination scores were lower in the transsexual women who had undergone surgical procedures on primary sexual characteristics and gradually decreased with each additional procedure completed with respect to secondary sexual characteristics. Conclusion: Rumination appears to comprise an important marker of improvement in post-GAS transsexual women.
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