Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRANSGENDERISM
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 105-112Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2013.822340
Keywords
Gender dysphoria; internalizing; externalizing
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The aim of the current paper was to examine externalizing and internalizing behaviors in adolescents with gender dysphoria. One hundred forty-one young people (84 natal females and 57 natal males, M age = 15.13, SD = 1.70) attending the Gender Identity Development Service in London completed the Youth Self Report form at the end of the assessment period (4 to 6 sessions). The main findings indicated that, overall, the adolescents showed significantly more internalizing than externalizing behaviors. Using cutoff points provided by Achenbach and Rescorla (2001), the mean internalizing score fell within the clinical range and the mean externalizing score within the normal range. There was also a significant positive relationship between these two behaviors both in the natal females and the natal males. The natal males presented with significantly more internalizing behaviors than the natal females; however, no significant difference was observed between the genders in terms of the number of externalizing behaviors and total problems. We discuss the implications of these findings with regard to clinical work.
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