| Gender identity and recalled gender related childhood play-behaviour in adult individuals with different forms of intersexuality. | |
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PMID: 16176051 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The concept of intersexuality subsumes a wide variety of phenomena with very specific underlying causes. In all these cases, an untypical development takes place during the prenatal sex differentiation process becoming clinically manifest, either at, or soon after birth or at the time of puberty. It subsumes conditions in which biological sexual characteristics (e.g. chromosomal sex, gonadal sex, hormonal sex, morphological sex) differ from each other and one person cannot easily be assigned to one sex. One of the main goals of medical treatment of persons with intersex-syndroms is the development of a stable gender identity. Over the last few years, sex (and gender) assignment of persons with different forms of intersexuality has become a much discussed topic. An interesting--and very obviously observable--variable that was brought in connection with sex assignment is gender related childhood play behaviour. The purpose of the presented study is to examine 37 persons with different forms of intersexuality (disturbances of androgen biosynthesis, partial and complete androgen insensitivity, gonadal dysgenesis with 46,XY and congenital adrenal hyperplasia with 46,XX) with regard to gender identity and gender role behaviour in childhood. Not all subjects in the study group had developed a clear female or male gender identity. In contrast to previous studies, some persons with CAIS did not recall distinguished female childhood play behaviour and these persons did not show a clear female gender identity. In contrast to results from other studies, the CAH-affected girls in this study did not seem to recall masculinized behaviour. Further research is needed to guarantee better psychosexual development with good quality of life in individuals with intersexuality. |
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Authors:
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Hertha Richter-Appelt; Christine Discher; Benjamin Gedrose |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Clinical Trial; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht über die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur Volume: 63 ISSN: 0003-5548 ISO Abbreviation: Anthropol Anz Publication Date: 2005 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-09-22 Completed Date: 2005-11-03 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372377 Medline TA: Anthropol Anz Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 241-56 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Institute for Sex Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. hrichter@uke.uni-hamburg.de |
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Adolescent Adult Child Child Behavior* Female Gender Identity* Germany / epidemiology Hermaphroditism / epidemiology* Humans Male Middle Aged Play and Playthings* Sex Distribution Sex Factors Sexual Behavior / statistics & numerical data* |
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