Investigating Parent-Child Relationship in Predicting Gender Dysphoria in Transsexual Women and Men
Subject Areas : PsychologySomaye Rahimi Ahmadabadi 1 , Mehrdad Kalantari 2 * , Mohammadreza Abedi 3 , Seyed Morteza Modarres Gharavi 4
1 - Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, I. R. Iran
2 - Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, I. R. Iran
3 - Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, I. R. Iran
4 - Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I. R. Iran
Keywords: parent-child relationship, gender dysphoria, transsexual,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to Investigat the parent-child relationship in predicting gender dysphoria in transsexual women and men. This is a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population included all individuals with gender dysphoria, visiting the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, from 2014 to 2016, in order to follow legal proceedings for gender reassignment. The participants included 50 women and 50 men with gender dysphoria were selected via convenience sampling, gave informed consent, and Compeleted: Parent–Child Relationship Survey and Gender Identity Disorder Questionnaire. The data was analyzed by Pearson correlation and Simultaneous regression (α=0.50). Based on the results of regression analysis, the father-child relationship was not able to predict gender dysphoria in transsexual women. However, the Mother -child relationship could predict 21% of gender dysphoria in transsexual women, and the best predictor of gender dysphoria was the role of resentment / role confusion component. The father -child relationship was not able to predict gender dysphoria in transsexual men. But the Mother-child relationship could predict 44% of the variance of gender dysphoria in transsexual men, and the best predictor of gender dysphoria was positive affect and identification. According to the findings of this study, the disturbance and troubled relationship between the parent-child relationship can have a significant role in the incidence of gender dysphoria in transsexual men and women.
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