Desisting and persisting gender dysphoria after childhood: A qualitative follow-up study

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-516

  Steensma, Thomas D ^a   Biemond, Roeline ^a   De Boer, Fijgje ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

childhood gender dysphoria; Gender Identity Disorder; gender variant; psychosexual development; sexual orientation; transgender; transsexual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BODY IMAGE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 79959561264     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104510378303     Document Type: Article

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