Rumination as a Marker of Psychological Improvement in Transsexual Women Postoperative

• Published in: Transgender health Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 274 - 278
• Main Authors: Mueller, Andressa, Quadros, Cláudia, Schwarz, Karine, Brandelli Costa, Angelo, Vaitses Fontanari, Anna Martha, Machado Borba Soll, Bianca, Cardoso da Silva, Dhiordan, Abel Schneider, Maiko, de Moura Silveira, Érico, Kauer-Sant'Anna, Marcia, Rodrigues Lobato, Maria Inês
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mary Ann Liebert, Inc 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Adaptation; Alcohol; Anxiety; Counseling; Gender identity; Gender reassignment surgery; Hospitals; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Outpatient care facilities; Psychopathology; Quality of life; Short Report; Stress; Surgery; Transgender persons; Womens health; Brazil; Rio Grande do Sul Brazil; affirmation surgery; gender dysphoria; gender transition; gender; rumination; mental health
• ISSN: 2380-193X; 2380-193X
• DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2016.0029

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.