Development and Psychometric Analysis of the Transgender Family Acceptance To Empowerment (TransFATE) Scale

Parent and caregiver support can reduce health disparities experienced by gender diverse youth (GDY). Parent and caregiver empowerment improves health outcomes for children with medical and mental health diagnoses, but no existing scale measures this construct in families of GDY. We aimed to develop a scale measuring empowerment in parents and caregivers of GDY.

Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - October 22, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Kacie M. Kidd, Amber Hill, Gina M. Sequeira, Calvin McMillan, Galen Switzer, Dana Rofey, Elizabeth Miller, Gerald T. Montano Tags: Original article Source Type: research