Measuring Transgender Individuals' Comfort With Gender Identity and Appearance: Development and Validation of the Transgender Congruence Scale

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-196

  Kozee, Holly B ^a   Tylka, Tracy L ^a   Bauerband, L Andrew ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body image; identity formation; life satisfaction; measurement; social identity; transgender; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861770709     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684312442161     Document Type: Article

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