A Comparative Study of Transgender Gurru & Chella: Exploring the Interplay of Anxiety, Social Support, and Anger from Lahore

Abstract

The Current study was conducted in aimed to explore intricate association among the anger, social support and anxiety in transgender (Guru & Chellas). To conduct this study (N=150) transgender sampled including 75 Guru and 75 Chellas with the age range of 19 to 70 years (M age =42.13; SD=13.27). The data was collected by using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. The data was collected through Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Dahlem & Farley, 1988) Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (Lovibond and Lovibond, 1995) and Anger Expression Scale (Ijaz & Ghafoor, 2016) along with demographic information sheet. The data was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, V25). The results of the study indicated that there is intricate negative association(r=-.30**) between anxiety and social support and significant positive association (r=.19*) between anger and anxiety, as well as the social support and anger was significant predictor of anxiety. The t-test analysis showed the results that Guru has high level of social support but have more mental health problems than Chellas. The implication of the study and recommendations for future studies are given below.