Psychosocial and erotic development in cross-gender identified children.
This article reviews certain aspects of psychosocial and erotic development in cross-gender identified children. Consideration is first given to the hypothesis that cross-sex affiliation preference and its attendant social ostracism is one factor that accounts for the presence of behavioural psychopathology in cross-gender identified boys. Next, the strong relation between patterns of childhood sex-typing and later sexual orientation is discussed. It is concluded that more attention should be given to the study of erotic development in its own right.
Child and Adolescent Gender Identity Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D014190:Transvestism / Q000523:psychology