Boys with hypospadias: a survey of behavioral difficulties.
Studied behavior problems and gender-role behavior of psychiatrically unselected boys (N = 69; ages 6-10 years) with mild or severe hypospadias, a genital anomaly. Parents completed standardized questionnaires in a postal survey. Subjects showed more behavior problems and lower social competency than nonclinical subjects but were better adjusted than a psychiatric-clinical control group. More severe anomalies were associated with increased behavior problems and poorer school performance. Boys with hypospadias had more cross-gender behavior which, however, was not associated with severity of the condition. Surgery-related hospitalizations were correlated with poorer school performance and increased cross-gender behavior. A history of hypospadias did not appear to have a lasting negative impact on the family.
Sandberg
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Meyer-Bahlburg
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HF
Aranoff
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Sconzo
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JM
Hensle
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D000124:Achievement; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005783:Gender Identity; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012917:Social Adjustment