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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 89, Issue 2, Pages 620-637Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12758
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- NSF [1523632]
- Arcus Foundation
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1523632] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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An increasing number of transgender childrenthose who express a gender identity that is opposite their natal sexare socially transitioning, or presenting as their gender identity in everyday life. This study asks whether these children differ from gender-typical peers on basic gender development tasks. Three- to 5-year-old socially transitioned transgender children (n=36) did not differ from controls matched on age and expressed gender (n=36), or siblings of transgender and gender nonconforming children (n=24) on gender preference, behavior, and belief measures. However, transgender children were less likely than both control groups to believe that their gender at birth matches their current gender, whereas both transgender children and siblings were less likely than controls to believe that other people's gender is stable.
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