Gender stereotype and self among transgenders: Underlying elements

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Winter, Sam ^a   Udomsak, Nuttawut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE THAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Gender trait stereotypes; Personality traits; Self concept; Thailand; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CARE AND CARING; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 3943054012     PISSN: 14344599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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