Psychological functioning of adolescent transsexuals: Personality and psychopathology

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-196

  Cohen, Leo ^a,d   De Ruiter, Corine ^b   Ringelberg, Heleen ^c   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0031017342     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199702)53:2<187::AID-JCLP12>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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