Female-to-Male Transsexual Individuals Demonstrate Different Own Body Identification

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 525-536

  Feusner, Jamie D ^a   Dervisic, Jasenko ^b   Kosidou, Kyriaki ^c   Dhejne, Cecilia ^b   Bookheimer, Susan ^a   Savic, Ivanka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body identification; Body image; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; Inverted faces task; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSGENDER; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959544842     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0596-z     Document Type: Article

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