Gender Minority Stress and Resilience measure- Adolescent (Hidalgo et al., 2019)

• Populations: Adolescents, Adults
• Age ranges: 12-17.99, separate sample M range = 27.26-40.50 by gender
• Languages: English
• Countries: United States

Items

Subscales

• Gender Related Discrimination (D) 5 Items
• Rejection (R) 6 Items
• Victimization (V) 7 Items
• Gender Identity Nonaffirmation (NA) 6 Items
• Internalized Transphobia (IT) 8 Items
• Negative Expectations for the Future (NFE) 9 Items
• Nondisclosure of Gender Identy/History (ND) 5 Items
• TGNC Pride (P) 8 Items
• Community Connectedness (CC) 5 Items 

Full Scale not reported, Example items include:

• People don’t respect my gender identity because of my appearance or body (NA)
• If I express my gender history, I could be a victim of crime or violence (ND)
• It is a gift that my gender identity is different from my sex assigned at birth (P)
• I feel connected to other people who share my gender identity (CC)
• I have heard negative statements about transgender or gender-nonconforming people (V)

Item abbreviations include:

Gender-Related Discrimination:

• Difficulty getting medical or mental health treatment
• Difficulty finding a public bathroom
• Difficulty getting identity documents
• Difficulty finding/staying in housing
• Difficulty with employment

Gender-Related Rejection:

• Difficulty finding someone to date/relationship ended
• Rejected/felt unwelcome by religious community
• Rejected/felt unwelcome in ethnic/racial community
• Rejected/distanced from friends
• Rejected at school/work
• Rejected/distanced from family

Gender-Related Victimization:

• Verbally harassed/teased
• Threatened with being outed/blackmailed
• Damage to personal property
• Threatened with physical harm
• Pushed, shoved, hit, or had something thrown at me
• Unwanted sexual contact because of gender
• Heard negative statements about TGNC people

Gender Identity Nonaffirmation: 

• Repeatedly explain gender/correcting pronouns
• Difficulty being perceived as my gender
• Work hard to be seen as my gender
• Act very masculine/feminine to be accepted by others
• Not being respected because of appearance/body
• Not being understood because of my gender

Internalized Transphobia:

• Resent gender identity/expression
• Feel like a freak
• Gender identity/expression makes me depressed
• Gender identity/expression makes me unhappy
• I feel like an outcast
• Feel gender identity/expression is not “normal”
• Embarrassed by gender identity/expression
• Envy others without my gender identity/expression

Negative Future Expectations

• Others would not accept me
• Employers would not hire me
• People would think I am “crazy”
• People would think I am disgusting/sinful
• Most people would think less of me
• Most people would look down on me
• I could be a victim of crime/violence
• I could be arrested or harassed by police
• I could be denied good medical care

Community Connectedness: 

• Feel part of a community that shares my gender
• Feel connected to others who share my gender
• Feel like I belong
• Not like others who share my gender
• Feel isolated/separate from others who share my gender

Nondisclosure of Gender Identy/History: 

• I don’t talk about past experiences/change details
• I modify my way of speaking
• I pay special attention to personal dress/grooming
• I avoid exposing my body
• I change the way I walk/gesture/sit/stand

TGNC Pride: 

• Feel special and unique
• Okay people know that my gender and sex are different
• No problem talking about gender identity/history
• It’s a gift that my gender identity and sex are different
• Like others but also different because of my gender
• Proud that my gender identity and sex are different
• Comfortable revealing gender identity and sex to others
• Rather people know everything and accept me

Responses

• Three Subscales (D, V, R) used a count response format.
•  Six Subscales (NA, IT, NFE, ND, P, CC) used a 5 point Likert-type scale (strongly disagree-strongly agree)

Scoring

 Not Reported

Citations

• Hidalgo, M. A., Petras, H., Chen, D., & Chodzen, G. (2019). The gender minority stress and resilience measure: Psychometric validity of an adolescent extension. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 7(3), 278-290. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000297

Adult (Original Publication Version GMSR)

• Testa, R. J., Habarth, J., Peta, J., Balsam, K., & Bockting, W. (2015). Development of the gender minority stress and resilience measure. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2(1), 65-77. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000081