Self-perception in a clinical sample of gender variant children

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 464-474

  Rijn, Anouk Balleur Van ^a   Steensma, Thomas D ^a   Kreukels, Baudewijntje P C ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gender identity disorder; Gender variance; self concept; self pereption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER VARIANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-CONCEPT; SELF-PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSGENDER;

GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GENDER VARIANCE; SELF-CONCEPT; SELF-PERCEPTION;

CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS;

EID: 84879546775     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104512460621     Document Type: Article

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