Correlates of gender dysphoria in Taiwanese university students

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1415-1428

  Lai, Meng Chuan ^a,b   Chiu, Yen Nan ^a   Gadow, Kenneth D ^c   Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^a,d   Hwu, Hai Gwo ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gender dysphoria; Gender identity; Parenting style; Psychopathology; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; TAIWAN; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 78651081487     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9570-y     Document Type: Article

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