MMPI-2 Profile of French Transsexuals: The Role of Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors. A cross-sectional design

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bonierbale, Mireille ^a   Baumstarck, Karine ^b   Maquigneau, Aurélie ^a   Gorin Lazard, Audrey ^a   Boyer, Laurent ^b   Loundou, Anderson ^b   Auquier, Pascal ^b   Lançon, Christophe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSGENDER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963976376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24281     Document Type: Article

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