Comparing adult and adolescent transsexuals: An MMPI-2 and MMPI-A study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 414-418

  De Vries, Annelou L C ^a   Kreukels, Baudewijntje P C ^a   Steensma, Thomas D ^a   Doreleijers, Theo A H ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Gender identity disorder; Psychological functioning; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY A; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 79952364306     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.033     Document Type: Article

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