Intrapersonal Resources Research Articles

The Role of Social Support and Positive Psychological Capital in Chinese FGCSs’ Engagement in Higher Education: A Strengths-Based Perspective

The study shifts the research focus of First-Generation College Students (FGCSs) away from a deficit-based model towards a strengths-based perspective to examine those FGCSs who can successfully integrate into higher education. Specifically, twelve FGCSs in China were interviewed. The findings revealed that FGCSs can leverage interpersonal resources (i.e., social support) as well as intrapersonal resources (i.e., positive psychological capital) to adapt to and excel in college life and study. These findings have important implications for promoting a more comprehensive understanding of FGCSs and encouraging their greater sense of empowerment and confidence.

Empowering families traveling with young children: a transformative service research perspective

PurposeThis study aims to explore families that travel with children, as focuses on vulnerabilities, resource constraints and service exclusion through the lens of transformative service research (TSR). This paper investigates: how the experienced vulnerability of these families is shaped by structural, interpersonal and intrapersonal constraints, and how the constraints influence the family tourist-resource interaction in the air travel service encounter.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 2,855 reviews of the family tourists with children were analyzed with text mining, t-test and multidimensional scaling using the interpretive language R to answer the research questions with analyses on unstructured (e.g. text) and structured (e.g. consumer rating) data.FindingsThe findings of the empirical investigation answered how experienced vulnerability is shaped by structural, interpersonal and intrapersonal resource constraints and the types of family tourist-resource interaction in the travel service encounter to understand the resource constraints. The findings of this paper help examine family tourism experiences from a value formation perspective to unfold how stakeholders interact to form value while increasing and decreasing their well-being by the value of co-creation and co-destruction.Originality/valueThis research helps advance the TSR’s service inclusion framework by enabling opportunities, offering choice, relieving suffering and fostering happiness with empirical findings in travel service encounters. These findings are particularly insightful to family tourists with children struggling with unfair access and treatment in aeromobility service encounters, which may help enhance the well-being of individuals and communities.

Areas of work-life, psychological capital and emotional intelligence on compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among nurses: A cross-sectional study.

To examine the impact of six areas of work-life, emotional intelligence and psychological capital on compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among Canadian Registered Nurses and licensed practical nurses. A cross-sectional survey study. A convenience sample of 296 Registered Nurses and 110 licensed practical nurses answered a self-administered questionnaire measuring areas of work-life, psychological capital, emotional intelligence, compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in September 2019. The association between variables were analysed with descriptive and correlational analyses, while the hypothesized models were tested using multiple regression analyses. This study identified several areas of work-life and intrapersonal resources that impacted compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue. Among Registered Nurses, compassion satisfaction was predicted by psychological capital, rewards, values and workload. Compassion fatigue was predicted by psychological capital, workload, control and community. Among licensed practical nurses, compassion satisfaction was predicted by psychological capital and emotional intelligence. Compassion fatigue was predicted by workload and psychological capital. Study results also revealed significant differences in Registered Nurses' and licensed practical nurses' perceptions of workload, rewards and fairness at work, and both compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue. Registered Nurses perceived their workload to be more manageable and perceived greater rewards and greater fairness at work than licensed practical nurses. Compassion fatigue was higher for Registered Nurses than licensed practical nurses, while compassion satisfaction was higher for licensed practical nurses than Registered Nurses. Future studies should investigate the nature and span of these differences to suggest relevant strategies to mitigate compassion fatigue and promote compassion satisfaction for each of these nursing roles. The results of this study underscore the need to create nursing work environments that foster a manageable workload and positive social relationships, where nurses have professional autonomy, decision-making capacities and access to adequate resources to do their job effectively. The nursing work environment should also provide recognition of nurses' contributions and an alignment between personal and organizational values. Investments in the development and improvement of nurses' psychological capital and emotional intelligence should be prioritized since they are malleable and impactful intrapersonal resources on compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue. This study adhered to the STROBE guidelines. A total of 406 nurses were involved in this study by answering a self-administered study survey.

Взаимосвязь психологического и соматического благополучия у пациентов

Background. Understanding of emotional aspects of painful experiences can significantly expand the therapeutic tools for both doctors and psychologists. Objective. The focus is placed on the study of the relationship between psychological and somatic well-being of patients with pain syndrome. Study Participants. Sample included 119 people: 57 men (average age 47.9 years) and 62 women (average age 46.5 years) from the number of outpatients of the treatment and prevention institution “City Health Center #12” (Minsk). Methods. The study used: the Subjective Well-being Scale, the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), the Differential Emotion Scale, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, and the Giessen Subjective Complaints List, GBB. Results. The analysis of the correlations of emotional state and somatic complaints has revealed similarities and specificity of subjective experiences of patients in different conditions. The correlation analysis showed a certain relationship between emotional state and well-being, which is closely related to subjective well-being. Conclusion. Subjective well-being of patients is related to psychoemotional state, health and somatic complaints, as well as, to some extent, to the level of alexithymia. Patients' well-being is related to their emotional state and negative emotions. Practical application of the results. Understanding the psychological state of the patient can be useful for developing a personalized approach to treatment and successful rehabilitation through intrapersonal resources.

군 조직에서 스트레스 관련 성장의 영향 요인

Much prior research has examined predictors of post-traumatic growth (PTG). However, less is known about information on predictors of stress-related growth (SRG). Thus, the current study aimed to examine the impacts of intra-personal factors (resilience, grit, distress tolerance) and organizational factors (organizational commitment, organizational identification) on SRG after military training. We used the data collected from 289 prospective cadets (men = 262, women = 27) who received basic military training for five weeks (mean age = 19.5 years). A hierarchical regression analysis showed that resilience was significantly associated with SRG, even after controlling the effect of perceived stress (β = .199, p < .01). However, grit and distress tolerance did not have differential impacts on SRG. In the final model including organizational variables, resilience still remained as a significant predictor (β = .144, p < .05). Organizational commitment (β = .447, p < .001) and identification (β = .118, p < .05) also showed positive impacts on SRG. These results imply that organizational commitment and identification as well as resilience as an intra-personal resource can be helpful for positive change after adversity in the military. Therefore, military leaders or policy makers should exert to improve soldiers' favorable attitudes or the sense of unity toward the military.

EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENTS OF CUSTODIAL GRANDPARENTS LIVING WITH COVID-19: A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract Living with COVID-19 demands has created emotional challenges for grandparents raising grandchildren. The aim of this study was to explore the emotional adjustment of custodial grandparents’ caregiving under COVID demands (e.g., masking, hand washing, social distancing) (N=145; age range 30-79 years, Mage = 61.4 years, SD = 8.5). A national sample of grandparents were surveyed using a multi-scale index of psychological distress, reliance on intrapersonal resources during the pandemic, as well as sociodemographics. An initial hierarchical regression analysis of caregivers’ emotional adjustment was conducted, wherein (1) sociodemographic variables were first entered as a set followed by 2) a 17-item measure of COVID demands (alpha = .73), 3) two indices of grandparent intrapersonal resources [resilience and empowerment/social support and religious coping], and 4) two indices of psychosocial stress [parental distress, health, social/emotional and loneliness/parental distress, parent-child dysfunction, difficult child and parenting challenges]. The overall model was statistically significant (F 11, 123 = 22.98, p < .01), accounting for 64% of the variance in grandparent adjustment difficulties. While sociodemographics and COVID demands failed to predict emotional distress, both categories of grandparent intrapersonal resources (p < .01), and both categories of psychosocial stress (p < .01) did so. Subsequent correlational findings indicated that intrapersonal resources (social support and religious coping) mediated the relationship between COVID demands and emotional adjustment. These findings suggest that while grandparent caregivers experienced significant emotional distress during the pandemic, reliance upon the support of others as well as their own intrapersonal resources may be instrumental in managing such distress.

Work-related perceptions and coping strategies of acute care chaplains: a qualitative analysis

Hospital-based chaplains provide crucial spiritual and emotional care to patients, families, and staff during times of intense life changes and crises. Chaplains are regularly exposed to suffering and their work may result in personal mental and emotional health challenges. To understand chaplains’ perceptions of the impact of their work and methods to cope, a secondary analysis of a mixed-methods study on chaplain well-being was undertaken. Qualitative interviews were conducted with nine hospital-based chaplains and data were coded and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results revealed that participants perceive their work as offering both trials and rewards, and their efforts to cope with trials include interpersonal support, intrapersonal resources, and spiritual resilience. Personal insights into chaplains’ experiences may help inform organizational interventions to support these essential members of the care team.

Self-actualization and subjectivity in young men looking for a new job

The study subject is self-actualization and subjectivity in men looking for work. The purpose of this research is to identify the features of their self-actualization and subjectivity. Such methods of psychodiagnostics as the “SAT” technique by E. Shostrom (adapted by Yu.E. Aleshina et al.); the “URSL” test by M.A. Shchukina were used. Taking into account the main results of the study, the author came to the conclusion that the sample as a whole revealed problematic self-actualization and a fairly high overall level of subjectivity. In 83% of respondents, self-actualization was revealed only by contact. The proportion of men who recognize the values of a self-actualizing personality was 34%. A direct close connection between self-actualization and subjectivity has been established. The field of application of the found results is the social psychology of personality (the data received are important for assessing the socio-psychological readiness of men to promptly solve the problem of employment using intrapersonal resources). Mentioning the prospects of the study, it should be advisable to perform a comparative analysis of data by gender. The results obtained are valuable for practical social psychologists in terms of helping young men who find it difficult to realize their intentions to find a new job due to problematic self-actualization and insufficient subjectivity.

Child and parent factors predictive of mothers' and fathers' perceived family functioning.

Understanding family functioning, particularly the risk and protective factors that may contribute to adaptive versus maladaptive family processes, is critical to promote child and family well-being and resilience. Guided by family systems theory and the family stress model, this study longitudinally investigated parents' and toddlers' individual-level challenges and parental internal resources as potential predictors of subsequent perceived family functioning (i.e., general family functioning and family conflict), while accounting for earlier couple functioning. First-time mothers' and fathers' reports of psychological distress, perceived child behavior problems, intrapersonal resources (i.e., coping, emotion regulation, and empathy), and couple functioning (i.e., relationship satisfaction and intimate partner violence victimization) were assessed when their child was 18 months and 4 years of age. Using autoregressive path models, results suggested that greater maternal distress and paternal perceptions of toddler behavior problems predicted later reports of perceived family dysfunction, whereas parental intrapersonal resources predicted more adaptive perceived family functioning. Overall, findings indicate mutual or bidirectional influence within the family, consistent with the family systems principle of reciprocal causality. Clinical implications are discussed, including the need to bolster parents' existing strengths as well as providing prevention and early screening of depressive symptoms among parents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Исследование субъективного качества жизни и субъективного благополучия в позднем онтогенезе

Currently, the problem of finding ways of positive/optimal functioning of the personality is becoming highly relevant. This is particularly significant in late ontogenesis. The paper deals with the results of an empirical research, the purpose of which was to study the features of subjective well-being and health-related quality of life of people aged 49-93 who permanently reside (more than 1 year) in a geriatric center. A total sample (N = 155) is analyzed in subgroups depending on gender, age (49-64 years; 65-74 years; 75-93 years) and objective health status (disability group or its absence). The following methods were used: SF-36 Health Status Survey, Subjective Happiness Scale by S. Lyubomirsky, Satisfaction with Life Scale by E. Diener. The health self-esteem is shown to be rather low and is characterized by heterogeneity, while the level of subjective well-being corresponds to the average interval. Health-related quality of life, satisfaction with life, and subjective happiness are correlated. Men rate their health higher than women on all indicators. With increasing age, health-related quality of life decreases (except for the indicator “Physical functioning” (PF)). At the same time, there are gender differences in dynamics. Health self-esteem has no connection with the objective state of somatic health, except for the indicator “Physical functioning” (PF). Satisfaction with life and subjective happiness have no correlations with chronological age, as well as they have no differences in groups of people of different ages and genders. The objective state of health does not affect satisfaction with life but affects subjective happiness. The presence of deficit aspects (high chronological age and the 1st disability group) manifests itself an increasing number of correlations between subjective well-being and health-related quality of life. In general, it can be noted that people with different objective and subjective health assessments feel happy and satisfied with their lives. This, in our opinion, is provided by relying on intrapersonal resources. The research contributes to the formation of the idea of the aging as a period of development and the subjective resources of successful aging as well.

Осознанная саморегуляция и копинг-стратегии как ресурсы преодоления трудных жизненных ситуаций

Background. Te relevance of the study is due to the search for regulatory and intrapersonal resources for a successful way out of difcult life situations on the example of the postoperative period afer high-tech operations on the large joints. Objective. Te study had its purpose to scrutinize the contribution of conscious selfregulation and coping strategies to overcoming difcult life situations. Methods. “Self-Regulation Profle Questionnaire by Morosanova — SRPQM 2020”, questionnaire “Methods of Coping Behavior” by R. Lazarus, questionnaire of cognitive regulation of emotions by N. Garnefsky, “Knee Score Scale” modifed by D. Insall, “Hip Joint Assessment System”. Sample of the study consisted of 128 people of them: 80 men, 48 women (average age 55.76 ± 12.7), who underwent high-tech operations on the large joints. Measurements were carried out in two stages: before the operation and 1.5 months later. Results confrm that most people experience difculties in the process of self-recovery afer high-tech operations. Te study revealed a positive contribution of adaptive coping strategies, such as problem-solving planning and reviewing the situation from the positive side to the patients’ recovery. Tese coping strategies make a positive contribution to compliance with standard recovery deadlines and reduce the efect of ineffective cognitive-emotional strategies. Avoidance, denial of the problem, fantasizing and emotional distancing prevent a successful exit from a difcult life situation and delay the recovery process. Te study also showed contribution of self-accusation, exaggeration of occurred events signifcance and blaming others to the difculties that arise during self-rehabilitation. Te research results demonstrate the system-forming resource role of conscious self-regulation in the successful overcoming difcult life situations, where conscious self-regulation acts as a central predictor and mediator of other personality characteristics. Conclusions. Adaptive coping strategies and conscious self-regulation make a signifcant contribution to overcoming difcult life situations. Self-regulation is a predictor and mediator of health indicators and compliance with standard rehabilitation deadlines; it plays a system-forming resource role in restraining inefective ways of cognitive-emotional regulation and coping strategies in the process of overcoming difcult life situations.

Copying Strategies in People with Different Time Perspectives

The article defines the concepts of time perspective and vision of the future, as well as the relationship between them. A review of foreign and domestic publications revealed the main approaches to adversity, copying, and various classifications of protective behavior. The study involved 49 women and 35 men aged 24–54 y.o., who found themselves in a difficult life situation: all respondents had to leave their permanent place of residence because of a direct threat to their life and health. The empirical research used R. Lazarus’s methodology for diagnosing the copying strategies and F. Zymbardo’s time perspective method. The copying strategies appeared to correspond to different time perspectives. The respondents with a negative past fixation chose confrontation, social support, escape, and avoidance. The respondents with a positive past fixation preferred to plan their problem solutions. The respondents who focused on the present turned to social support and positive reassessment. Those focused on the future accepted their responsibility, planned their solutions, and were prone to positive reassessment. The results were statistically confirmed using the Mann-Whitney U-test. Time perspective proved to be an important intrapersonal resource in psychotherapeutic work with disadvantaged patients.

Vigor among health-care professionals at the workplace: the role of intra- and inter-personal resources

ABSTRACT Feeling vigorous throughout the workday in a medical facility despite exposure to daily job-related stress is essential for productive work-related behavior and for the subjective well-being of health-care professionals. The current study explored the contribution of an intra-personal resource (i.e. coping flexibility) and an inter-personal resource (i.e. social support) to the explained variance of vigor among nurses and physicians. Two hundred two hospital personnel completed self-report questionnaires regarding personal and professional data, vigor, coping flexibility and social support. The results revealed that the intra-personal resource coping flexibility, was positively associated with vigor while the inter-personal resource social support was not found to be associated with vigor. In addition, older age and higher self-rated health positively associated with feeling vigor. The current study shed light on the role of intra-personal resources in feeling vigorous throughout stressful workdays that characterize the workplace of hospital personnel. Tailoring interventions that may enhance coping flexibility among hospital personnel can increase their vigor which in turn may beneficially contribute to their job performance.

Psychological fortitude model for digitally mindset working adults.

The inception of Industry 4.0 (which includes smart digital technologies and intelligence), as well as the rapidly enforced adoption of the technological revolution due to the lockdown regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic, brought new situational demands, challenges and opportunities for both employees and organizations across the globe. Individuals are required to develop personal enablers (both intrapersonal and intradigital attributes) to optimize their psychological fortitude. Research on the intrapersonal resources needed by employees to have the fortitude to adapt to remote working conditions as a result of the digital era, is currently lacking. The igital era brought about the question of how individuals' career adaptability and career wellbeing (as a set of agile adaptable attributes) relate to their perceptions of the value-oriented psychological contract, and whether these intrapersonal resources can contribute to a psychological fortitude model for remote working employees. This study utilized a survey method to investigate the correlations between agile adaptable attributes and the valueoriented psychological contract of global digital-mindset human resource and financial service organizations. Based on further canonical correlations, structural equation modeling was conducted to develop and recommend a psychological fortitude model for remote working adults in the digital age. Close theoretical and empirical associations were found between career adaptability and career wellbeing (as agile adaptable variables) and the perceived value-orientated psychological contract. This study proposed a psychological fortitude model (consisting of intrapersonal resources) that organizations and career practitioners can use as a basis to enhance employees' psychological fortitude in the digital age, as well as for further career research.

Resilient Leadership: The Role of Leaders in Facilitating Positive Adaptation to Adversity

Despite the increasing need to understand the processes that underpin resilience in organizations, leader resilience and the role of the leader supporting the resilience of their followers are understudied. Adopting an exploratory and inductive qualitative approach we draw on 32 in-depth interviews with leaders in a wide variety of industries and occupations to advance a model of leading with resilience. We propose that leaders who respond to adverse situations with resilience do so by drawing on their intrapersonal resources so that they can function as affective, behavioral, and cognitive resources for their followers. This, in turn, allows them to strengthen their ability to lead. We conclude by integrating regulatory focus theory, proposing that resilient leaders filter their intrapersonal responses to adverse situations to model resilience for their followers. In turn, they learn from the resulting follower responses, strengthening their ability to lead with resilience.

Opening up to innovation: emotional intelligence as an intrapersonal resource

PurposeThere is no innovation without ideas. More than ever before, these ideas are increasingly difficult to express in a changing environment ripe with emotions. Today's organizations need to understand why their employees may or may not develop, voice and implement innovative ideas in the face of this emotional tension. Current literature focuses on external factors that empower employees to innovate. This research attempts to shift the focus to the individual by investigating the relationship between emotional intelligence, openness to experience and innovation voicing behavior.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs a quantitative survey among 288 US-based workers to test a mediated model of emotional intelligence, openness to experience and innovation-focused promotive voice. The authors assessed both the measurement and structural models through partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), while controlling for a range of variables with the potential to confound construct measurements.FindingsThe findings validated the positive effect of emotional intelligence on openness to experience, while also finding a significant impact of openness to experience on innovation-focused promotive voice. More importantly, evidence suggests that openness to experience mediates the relationship between emotional intelligence and innovation focused promotive voice.Originality/valueThese findings shed new light on why employees might start the innovation process by developing and, ultimately, voicing innovative ideas. Further, this new insight focuses on the impact of intrapersonal factors as it relates to innovation and attempts to fill a gap in what is known about innovative behavior.

Внутриличностные ресурсы поведения педагога в сфере здоровья

Introduction. The article focuses on health and wellness behavior patterns of teachers as an important factor promoting a value-based attitude to health in students. The research is a comparative analysis of health behavior in teachers with different levels of intrapersonal resources. Materials and Methods. The study involved 120 teachers doing a professional development course at the Kamchatka Institute of Educational Development in 2020. The methods included Janoff-Bulman’s World Assumptions Scale (WAS) (adapted by M. A. Padun and A. V. Kotelnikova); Maddi’s Hardiness Survey (adapted by Ye. N. Osin); the subscale “Purpose in Life” of the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being (adapted by N. N. Lepeshinsky). The health behavior of teachers was assessed using questionnaires and the methodology “Attitude to a Significant Life Situation” by E. Yu. Korzhova and A. V. Berdnikova. Results. The study involved two experimental groups (EG) of teachers with different levels of intrapersonal potential: EG 1 (66 people) of teachers with a high level of intrapersonal resources and EG 2 (39 people) of teachers with a lower level of resources. The groups included women of different age, work experience, educational levels and subject areas. Teachers with different levels of intrapersonal resources showed differences in behavioral patterns, e.g., sleep adequacy (φ* = 2.63**); attitude to seeking help of a psychologist (φ* = 1.8*) and significant relatives, e.g., a spouse (φ* = 3.76**); attitude regarding significant situations: acceptance (φ* = 2.33**), active participation (φ* = 2.25*), optimistic forecast (φ* = 2.78**); self-assessment of health (φ* = 3.29**); the subjective representation of somatic health, e.g., the frequency of headaches (φ* = 1.85*), etc. Conclusion. The obtained data allow to identify prevention targets as regards health. They also contribute to the solution of applied issues in the system of professional development of teachers.

Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital.

This study aimed to explore the association between the functioning of family environment (i.e., family cohesion and family adaptability) and academic burnout of Chinese college students as well as the mediating effects of the interpersonal resource (i.e., peer support) and intrapersonal resource [i.e., positive psychological capital (PsyCap)] in this relationship. A total of 1971 Chinese undergraduates were involved in an online questionnaire survey and data analysis. It was found that family cohesion and adaptability was negatively related to academic burnout. Mediation analyses demonstrated that family cohesion and adaptability did not directly affect academic burnout, but indirectly through increasing PsyCap (characterized by optimism, hope, resilience, and self-efficacy), and through enhancing peer support and then increasing PsyCap in serial. Meanwhile, the relationship between family cohesion and adaptability and academic burnout was not mediated by peer support alone. These findings highlight the family environment’s crucial role in youth mental health and positive development in the college context.

Attachment avoidance and health-related quality of life: Mediating effects of avoidant coping and health self-efficacy in a rehabilitation sample.

The onset of chronic illness or disability (CID) can be conceptualized as a threat that activates the attachment system. Moreover, the waxing-and-waning nature of CID-related symptoms and management of acute and chronic illness stressors means that the attachment system may be repeatedly activated. Contending with repeated threats to health (i.e., security) can complicate psychosocial adjustment to CID and can negatively impact health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Adjustment to CID requires intrapersonal resources, such as adaptive coping and self-efficacy. In spite of attachment theory's relevance to conceptualizing adaptation to CID, no models of psychosocial adaptation to CID account for individual differences in coping behaviors and health self-efficacy through an attachment lens. This limits future theory-driven research. Thus, the present study proposes and tests an integrated model of psychosocial adaptation to CID using an attachment framework. Research Method/Design: Participants in this study included adults referred for psychological services at a tertiary care physical rehabilitation center between 2016 and 2020. Ninety adults completed measures of attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance, coping, health self-efficacy, and HRQoL at one time point. Path analysis indicated that the proposed model fits the data well. Higher attachment avoidance was significantly related to lower HRQoL, as mediated by higher avoidant coping and lower health self-efficacy. Results suggest that individuals high on attachment avoidance may require additional support to move toward psychosocial adaptation. Further research examining the role of attachment insecurity dimensions in adaptation to CID is warranted and should include longitudinal designs to replicate these findings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Gender congruence and mental health problems among Chinese transgender and gender non-conforming individuals: A process model involving rumination and stigma consciousness.

The present study examined the roles of gender identity rumination and stigma consciousness in the relationship between gender congruence (comfort with one's gender identity and external appearance) and mental health problems (anxiety and depression). Three hundred and fourteen Chinese individuals identified as transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals were recruited through the Internet and answered an online questionnaire (Mage = 24.34 years, standard deviation = 5.80). Gender congruence was associated with anxiety and depression through three indirect pathways: rumination, stigma consciousness, and sequentially through rumination and stigma consciousness. Gender congruence is an intrapersonal resource that reduces mental health problems through its positive impacts on the TGNC identity process. A more consistent feeling of gender, a lower level of rumination, and a reduced level of consciousness about stigma could be potential working points for interventions in the TGNC community to help alleviate their mental health problems.