title: Psychosexual development of adolescent males after malignancies in childhood.
abstract: We studied psychosexual development in 28 adolescent males who had survived leukemia and compared it with that in 25 adolescent males who had survived other malignancies in childhood. A clinical semistructured psychiatric interview was used to form 8 criteria of psychosexual development. Sexual identity was also assessed using a psychological test. By every criterion, development was more disturbed in patients who had survived leukemia. Attitudes toward adult-type genital sexuality, contact ability with the opposite sex, and the developmental level of sexuality were most significantly affected.
authors: Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Ropponen
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Aalberg
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Rautonen
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kalmari
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Siimes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011606:Psychosexual Development