Measuring Gender Dysphoria: A Multicenter Examination and Comparison of the Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale and the Gender Identity/Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire for Adolescents and Adults

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 551-558

  Schneider, Catharina ^a   Cerwenka, Susanne ^a   Nieder, Timo O ^a   Briken, Peer ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^b   De Cuypere, Griet ^c   Haraldsen, Ira R ^d   Kreukels, Baudewijntje P C ^b   Richter Appelt, Hertha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

DSM 5; Gender dysphoria; Gender Identity Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire for Adolescents and Adults; Transsexualism; Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959485963     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-016-0702-x     Document Type: Article

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