A parent-report gender identity questionnaire for children: A cross-national, cross-clinic comparative analysis

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 397-405

  Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^a   Wallien, Madeleine ^a   Johnson, Laurel L ^b   Owen Anderson, Allison F H ^b   Bradley, Susan J ^b   Zucker, Kenneth J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

DSM IV; Gender identity disorder; Gender Identity Questionnaire for Children; Gender role

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33746131587     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104506059135     Document Type: Article

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