• Celina Phurailatpam

The aim of the present study is to explore the resilience and self-esteem between cigender and transgender population of Manipur. Objective: 1) To study the relationship between socio-demographic factors and resilience of transgender population of Manipur. 2) To study the relationship between socio-demographic factors and self-esteem of transgender population of Manipur. 3) To study the effects of resilience and self-esteem between cisgender and transgender population of Manipur.Results: No significant relationship was found between resilience and over the two categories of age range as manifest by p-value = 0.871. Transgender population belonged to joint family (mean = 151.68) were having more resilience than transgender population belonged to nuclear family (mean = 145.27). The mean score of self-esteem over the two categories of age range of transgender population were almost equal and found to have no significant relationship between self-esteem and over the two categories of age range as manifest by p-value = 0.690. Transgender population belonged to nuclear family (mean = 11.30) were having higher self-esteem than transgender population belonged to joint family (mean = 10.51). The mean score self-esteem of transgender population (mean = 12.62) was found higher than that of the cisgender population (mean = 10.83) and have highly significant relationship between self-esteem and gender as manifest by p-value = 0.000. It was also found that the mean score of resilience of transgender population (mean = 149.12) was higher than the mean score of cisgender population (mean = 132.80). The finding revealed significant relationship between resilience and gender as manifest by p-value = 0.000. Conclusion: The findings of this study indicated that the transgender group uniqueness on a psychological variable such as self-esteem, and resilience, by showing a significant difference from Cisgender. The results showed that the transgender population had employed self-esteem and resilience as a defence mechanism of getting psychological wellbeing.

Cisgender, Transgender, Resilience and Self-esteem

"A comparative study on resilience and self-esteem between cisgender and transgender population of Manipur", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.16-19, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907307.pdf

"A comparative study on resilience and self-esteem between cisgender and transgender population of Manipur", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp16-19, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907307.pdf