AffirmRelationships

@ERC_Research @amsterdamumc project aiming to improve the experience of Gender-Affirming Hormone Treatment and examine social wellbeing during gender transition

[Dr. Margot Morssinkhof @HormonoGo]

NEW PREPRINT! 🥳
I’m very excited about our new preprint, in which we report on changes in affect variability in transgender people starting gender-affirming hormones:
https://t.co/h67jJQGIgI

A short thread on our study setup and results below 🧵:

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

Interested in how trans specific healthcare differs across Europe? You can read more about this in our newly published paper, the results of which have also been summarised in an infographic: https://t.co/2fmAyv65ga

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

Affirm Post doc @HormonoGo is now Dr Margot Morssinkhof🥳 On friday she impressively defended her Phd thesis, titled: Waves of Change: Sex Hormones, Depression and Sleep — Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (https://t.co/2IhELwij1G)

[Dr. Margot Morssinkhof @HormonoGo]

PhDone! After defending my thesis yesterday, I'm officially going by Dr. Margot now 👩🏼‍🎓🥹

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

@DavidMDoyle And how can we apply this in our research? ⬇️

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

What better way to start the week than learning about the importance of social health?🧑‍🤝‍🧑 For further information, see https://t.co/AVAiIepSMS

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

New paper on social health by the PI of the Affirm Project now out at Health Psychology Review! 🎉Pushing the definition of health to include ''adequate quantity and quality of relationships in a particular context to meet an individual’s need for meaningful human connection'' 🎉

[David Matthew Doyle @DavidMDoyle]

Fortuitous timing on #ValentinesDay to announce our new paper on #SocialHealth is now OA online @healthpsychrev. I am so proud of this work (w/ Bruce Link) setting an agenda for future research, policy, and practice on social health. https://t.co/iO2ju0L0O5

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

The Affirm Relationships website is now live🥳 Want to learn more about the project, or get in involved? Check it out at https://t.co/kKn4lFhRYX

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

Interested to be involved in a half day workshop aimed at better understanding social relationships during gender affirming hormone therapy?

Get involved by sending an email to [email protected] and to find out more ✉

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

The team, the process and the research values 💡Yesterday, we had an away day to work together and brainstorm important topics, including the values that we hold as a team. This is a really worthwhile process, especially when it results in baked goods and better research!

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

Our Postdoc researcher @HormonoGo published a new paper on depressive symptoms in those starting gender-affirming hormones!
See her thread to read more about the paper 👇, and stay tuned to keep updated on our future work on mood changes and gender-affirming hormones🏳️‍⚧️!

[Dr. Margot Morssinkhof @HormonoGo]

Starting off 2024 on a good note: Our paper on depressive symptoms and gender-affirming hormones was accepted at Journal of Affective Disorders 🥳!

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

In the AffirmRelationships project, Margot will focus on the possible changes in emotions and psychological well-being in those starting gender-affirming hormones. Stay tuned to learn more!

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

Last week, NRC published an interview with our Postdoctoral researcher @HormonoGo! In her PhD, Margot studied the effects of gender-affirming hormones on sleep, and in this interview she discussed the results of the studies in her PhD.

[Dr. Margot Morssinkhof @HormonoGo]

I got to talk about our research on sex hormones and sleep to @NikkiWeststeijn, and the the resulting interview is out now in national newspaper NRC 📰!
Want to read it online? Find it here: https://t.co/jWYIpkZv9O

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

These results indicate that in the first year of gender-affirming hormone use, insomnia and sleep quality do not significantly change.
However, she finds small changes in deep sleep and dream sleep in those using testosterone. She also finds changes in preferred bedtimes!

[AffirmRelationships @AffirmRelation]

Exciting news: we are recruiting for our new study! 🥳
For this interview study, we are looking for people who would like to share their experiences with gender-affirming hormones.
Interested in participating, or want to learn more? Let us know via [email protected]