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Tests of gender feelings and behavior in homosexuality, transvestism and transsexualism
Author(s) -
Buhrich Neil,
McConaghy Neil
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197901)35:1<187::aid-jclp2270350130>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - transvestism , psychology , feeling , femininity , androgyny , test (biology) , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , developmental psychology , personality , masculinity , california psychological inventory , homosexuality , gender identity , personality test , social psychology , psychometrics , test validity , psychoanalysis , paleontology , biology
Categorized 64 male transsexual and transvestite S s into two groups on the basis of the strength of their feminine gender identity. The two groups were compared to a homosexual group and a control group on four tests designed to measure gender feelings and behavior, namely: the California Personality Inventory Femininity Scale, the Draw‐A‐Person test, the Franck Drawing Completion test, and the Information and Vocabulary subtests of the WAIS. It was found that the CPI‐Fe scale and DAP test significantly correlate with the degree of feminine gender identity reported by the S s. However, the two tests appear to measure different aspects of gender feelings and behavior in some S s.