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.
Zucker
K J
KJ
Child and Adolescent Gender Identity Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario.
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