| dc.description.abstract | The term "transgender" refers to persons whose gender identity differs from their biological sex, which was assigned at birth. In Turkey, identifying as transgender or engaging in any other action that leads to deviating from heterosexual standards is viewed as evil, immoral, or abnormal, resulting in Turkey ranking 47th out of 49 European countries in the LGBT equality rating according to ILGA-Europe. This prejudice impacts many elements of transgender people's lives in Turkey, including their mental health, with %65 of Turkish transgender youth reporting poor mental health. This study investigates at how engaging in inner dialogue between opposing I-positions and knowledge on the biological basis of transgender identity affects tolerance towards transgenders. A pre-post-test design with control, biological determinism, and inner dialogue conditions was used on 224 Turkish youth aged 16 to 25. Before and after each condition, the ATTI scale was used to assess tolerance towards transgender people. In addition, after the inner dialogue condition, the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale was employed to see if it influenced the tolerance increase in this group. The Kruskal-Wallis Test and then Dunn's Test was used to examine the level of tolerance increase between conditions. The analyses suggested that both biological determinism and inner dialogue condition resulted in tolerance increase with a significant effect. Furthermore, a greater tolerance for uncertainty was not significantly associated with higher tolerance increase in the inner dialogue condition. | |
