Comparisons of Two Groups of Sex-Change Applicants Based on the MMPI

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ID13655397
AutoresAndrea Michel (0000-0003-3137-4438, University of Liège, autor correspondente), Jean‐Jacques Legros (University of Liège), J J Legros (University of Liège), Jean-Philippe Cornet (University of Liège), J P Cornet (University of Liège), M Ansseau (University of Liège), William Pitchot (University of Liège), Christian Mormont (0000-0003-4481-3065, University of Liège)
Ano2002
Volume91
Fascículo1
Páginas233-240
Data de publicação2002-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.2002.91.1.233
PMID12353786
OpenAlexW2131300757
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas18

Out of 29 men asking for a sex-change, 16 reported clinical anamnesis criteria for transsexualism according to the DSM-III-R, a more restrictive diagnosis than the DSM-IV gender dysphoria diagnosis. In addition, all the subjects had taken an MMPI which, of course, did not contribute to the transsexualism diagnosis but which served to describe their personalities. The 16 subjects diagnosed as transsexual and the 13 who did not qualify for this diagnosis were compared on the basis of personality variables measured by the MMPI. Certain differences became evident. The transsexuals systematically complied to cultural stereotypes of femininity without any uneasiness, whereas the nontranssexuals could be subdivided into two groups, those with a vague sense of ill-being linked to a pronounced feminine identity or those with only a slight feminine identity and who showed no particular difficulties

Anamnesis · Developmental psychology · Femininity · Gender dysphoria · Gender identity · Identity (music · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Personality · Personality psychology · Psychoanalysis · Transgender · Transsexual · Transvestism · Clinical Psychology · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology