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Development of Gender Non-Contentedness During Adolescence and Early Adulthood - Archives of Sexual Behavior
Adolescence is an important period for the development of gender identity. We studied the development of gender non-contentedness, i.e., unhappiness with being the gender aligned with one’s sex, from early adolescence to young adulthood, and its association with self-concept, behavioral and...
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Furthermore, a study found that children and adolescents referred for gender dysphoric feelings had a more negative self-concept compared to the standardization sample of the questionnaire. More specifically, youths with gender dysphoria more often had negative feelings about their bodies and had a lower global self-worth (Alberse et al., 2019; Rijn et al., 2013). In addition, prior studies in clinical samples of individuals with gender dysphoria found elevated rates of mental health problems (Dhejne et al., 2016), behavioral and emotional problems (de Vries et al., 2016), and autism spectrum disorders (Kallitsounaki & Williams, 2023).
In summary, having the wish to be of the opposite sex is relatively common in this combined general population and clinical sample. Our data indicate associations between experiencing gender non-contentedness and a poorer self-concept and mental health throughout adolescence.
So when do we start locking up parents, teachers and doctors for child abuse like verbal and chemical castration?