Prevalence of Gender Nonconformity in Flanders, Belgium

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1281-1287

  Van Caenegem, Eva ^a   Wierckx, Katrien ^a   Elaut, Els ^a   Buysse, Ann ^b   Dewaele, Alexis ^b   Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip ^b   De Cuypere, Griet ^a   T’Sjoen, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gender dysphoria; Gender identity; Gender identity disorder; Gender nonconformity; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BELGIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BELGIUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931011066     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0452-6     Document Type: Article

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