Assessment of Gender Variance in Children

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-680

  Zucker, Kenneth J ^a,b   Wood, Hayley ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Gender identity; Gender identity disorder; Gender role; Gender variance

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GENDER VARIANCE; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 80055073339     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: 15580490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2011.07.006     Document Type: Review

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