Navigating the landscape: roles, perspectives, and experiences of psychologists supporting gender diverse children and young people in school settings

被引:2
作者
New-Brown, Gracie [1 ]
Sargeant, Cora [1 ]
Wright, Sarah [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Sch Psychol, Southampton, England
关键词
Heteronormativity; identity; LGBTQ plus; psychologists; school-based; TRANSGENDER YOUTH; MENTAL-HEALTH; STUDENTS; COUNSELORS; WELL; GAY;
D O I
10.1080/26895269.2023.2291712
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
PurposeThis review aimed to explore and synthesize the perspectives and experiences of school-based psychological professionals providing support to gender diverse CYP across the world, to foreground the voices of those with relevant experience and support future practice.MethodsA systematic review of five databases (PsychINFO, CINAHL, ERIC, SCOPUS and PROQUEST dissertations and theses) was performed between September and November 2022. Articles were included if they contained qualitative, primary research data representing the voice of at least one school-based psychological professional with experience working with gender diverse children and young people. Articles were excluded if they did not contain primary research data, were quantitative, related to non-school based psychologists or focussed on participant views in the absence of direct experience working with gender diverse pupils. Articles were thematically summarized and organized into a data extraction table.ResultsEighteen studies were identified for review, including 11 studies based in the USA, five in the UK, one in Australia and one in Cyprus. The voices of school-based professionals, including school counselors, school psychologists, trainee and qualified educational psychologists, were represented. The themes created highlighted the importance of the environment in which psychologists were working, the reliance on their own views and values to guide their work in the absence of clear guidance, the role psychologists saw they had to advocate for gender diverse CYP, as well as barriers and systems they were fighting against.ConclusionThe review highlighted the need for psychologists to advocate for gender diverse children and young people, in an often non-inclusive environment where there was a need to work systemically with schools. Future research is needed to explore young people's experiences of the support that they are receiving and would like to receive.
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