Public Restroom Access and Mental Health Among Gender-Minoritized Individuals in China

Yuanyuan Wang; Dongyu Liu; Meng Han; Jiaqi Li; Hui Yu

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.10546

Public Restroom Access and Mental Health Among Gender-Minoritized Individuals in China

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 1;7(5):e2410546. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.10546.

Authors

Yuanyuan Wang¹, Dongyu Liu², Meng Han², Jiaqi Li¹, Hui Yu^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, China; School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
² Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
³ Division of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study assesses the adequacy of gender-neutral public restrooms and examines the association of public restroom–related stress with mental health among gender-diverse individuals in China.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
China / epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Health* / statistics & numerical data
Sexual and Gender Minorities / psychology
Sexual and Gender Minorities / statistics & numerical data
Young Adult