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A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE APPREHENSIONS OF THE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN KERALA

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Anumod Kumar V* Singh D. J Hassan A
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si5.313

Abstract

Social anxiety is the fear of social situations and the interaction with other people that can automatically bring in feelings of self-consciousness, judgment, evaluation, and scrutiny. Put another way, social anxiety is the fear and anxiety of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people, leading to feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment, humiliation, and depression. Transgenders are at heightened risk for psychological distress, including social anxiety. Gender dysphoria is a term that describes a sense of unease that a person may have because of a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity. This sense of unease or dissatisfaction may be so intense it can lead to depression and anxiety and have a harmful impact on daily life. In Kerala Transgenders life is not accepted and they are living as hidden population. The study has two objectives first objective is study the social anxiety among transgender people and second objective is study the socio demographic factors affecting the social anxiety among transgender. Descriptive research is used to obtain information for the present study. In this study, the investigator used purposive sampling technique. The population for the present investigation defined as transgender from Kottayam and Ernakulum district. The sample consist of 10 transgenders from Kottayam and 26 from Ernakulam district of Kerala state.

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