Relationship between loneliness and quality of life Among transgenders: a moderating role of coping Strategies

Abstract

Transgender is a term used for persons with diffused gender identity. In our society this community is ignored and rejected in several aspect, even they are not accepted by their families and have sent to communities for their whole life. The current study aimed at investigating the relationship between loneliness, coping strategies and quality of life among transgender living in community. UCLA loneliness scale translated by Javed, Zafar, Ahmed and Kausar in 2013, was used to evaluate the loneliness among transgenders, while World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) translated by Khalid and Kausar in 2006, was used to examine the quality of life, and through Brief Cope scale translated by Akhter in 2005, coping strategies were examined. For that purpose, sample of 200 transgender above age of 18 years, living in their communities for at least one year, unemployed were selected. The data was collected from transgender communities in Faisalabad, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi. Study findings revealed that loneliness was positively correlated with maladaptive coping, while loneliness was significantly negatively correlated with adaptive coping. Furthermore, results also indicated that loneliness predicts Quality of life. Results also confirmed the that coping strategies moderate the relationship between loneliness and of QOL.