title: Subjective Wellbeing and Levels of Clinical Symptomatology in a Transwomen Sample and Men Who Have Sex With Men in Chile.
abstract: This article examines the levels of subjective wellbeing (psychological and social wellbeing, subjective happiness, and satisfaction with life) and clinical symptomatology (anxiety, depression, somatization, hostility, and phobic anxiety) in a transwomen sample (n = 112). The sample was recruited through a snowball procedure in Chile (Santiago, Valparaíso, and Arica). Data obtained are compared to those from a group of men who have sex with men (MSM; n = 323). Results reveal statistically significant differences in the levels of happiness (t(157)= 2.16; p = .03; d = .25), satisfaction with life (t(154)= 3.90; p < .001; d = .47), and purpose in life (scale of psychological wellbeing; t(151)= 1.99; p .04; d = .24) reported by the two groups. The transwomen group shows the lowest scores in all dimensions. However, trans women report higher levels of social coherence (t(432)= -4.96; p < .001; d = .53) on the social wellbeing scale, compared to the MSM group. Regarding their levels of clinical symptomatology, trans women report higher levels of anxiety (t(163)= -6.67; p < .001; d = .78), depression (t(167)= -5.61; p < .001; d = .65), somatization (t(161)= -5.10; p < .001; d = .60), hostility (t(153)= -5.38; p < .001; d = .62), and phobic anxiety (t(164)= -6.70; p < .001; d = .80). Results are discussed on the basis of the context of each group.
authors.affiliation: a Escuela de Psicología , Universidad de Santiago , Santiago , Chile.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barrientos
authors.affiliation: b Escuela de Psicología , Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile , Santiago , Chile.
authors.forename: Fabiola
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.affiliation: c Escuela de Psicología , Universidad de Valparaíso , Valparaíso , Chile.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
keywords: Chile; clinical symptomatology; men who have sex with men; subjective wellbeing; transwomen