Gender Identity Disorder in a Girl; Insights From Adoption

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ID8334652
AuthorsKaren Gilmore (305 East 18th Street New York, NY 10003, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume43
Issue1
Pages39-59
Publication date1995-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000306519504300106
PMID7650284
OpenAlexW2105679690
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Gender identity disorder in girls is reported far less frequently than in boys. The analysis of a six-year-old adopted girl with gender identity disorder is presented to show the Importance of the motherinfant relationship and of parental, especially maternal, attitudes toward gender in the normal development of gender identity and gender role definition. This child's unusual history included a late adoption, with clear evidence of separation trauma, and the ongoing influence of maternal infertility. Her symptoms of gender identity disorder appeared before her second birthday and were well established by three years of age. The analysis, from age six to thirteen, achieved a better adaptation to her gender. Her masculine strivings gradually became incorporated into an essentially feminine orientation

Art · Developmental psychology · Gender identity · Gender Identity Disorder · Gender role · Girl · Identity (music) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology

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