Psychopathology and psychodynamics of parents of boys with a gender identity disorder of childhood.
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Title
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Psychopathology and psychodynamics of parents of boys with a gender identity disorder of childhood.
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Identifier
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AAI9108191
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identifier
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9108191
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Creator
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Wolfe, Sabrina Marie.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Steven Tuber
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Date
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1990
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical | Psychology, Social
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Abstract
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This study compares the psychopathology and psychodynamics of mothers of boys with a Gender Identity Disorder (GID) of Childhood with fathers of boys with a GID. Axis I and Axis II diagnoses were obtained on 11 mothers and 12 fathers using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID). The Rorschach was also administered to this group of parents and scored using the Urist Mutuality of Autonomy Scale, the Blatt Thought Disorder Scale, Tuber and Coates' categorization for gender confusion, and the Fisher and Cleveland Body Image Scale.;All of the parents exhibited Axis I psychopathology. There were notable trends which did not reach significance between the frequency of different disorders. Mothers tended to have a higher frequency of mood disorders and fathers tended to have a higher frequency of psychoactive substance use and personality disorders.;On the Rorschach, fathers most typically exhibited disturbed concepts of interpersonal relationships; mothers did not. Both fathers and mothers evidenced disturbances in their thought processes, fathers exhibiting significantly more thought disturbance on the measure used in this study. Both mothers and fathers produced gender confusion in their Rorschach responses; the number of mothers and fathers who produced gender confused responses did not differ. Neither mothers nor fathers appeared to differ notably from normal subjects in their representation of body boundaries as measured in Rorschach responses; fathers and mothers did however differ significantly from one another, as mothers had both more responses which emphasized the body's protective boundaries and more responses which depicted the body as fragile and permeable.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
