Psychological testing with transsexuals: a 30-year review.
This paper critically reviews over 30 years of psychological testing of transsexualism, during which time 41 studies have been published. A review of the psychological tests and methodology employed, the search for an adequate control group, and an analysis of the findings are presented. It is argued that we have reached a critical point in transsexual research. Researchers must reconsider the "hit or miss" approach to psychological testing with transsexuals and relate psychological testing to the actual clinical phenomenon of transsexualism; addressing the newer conceptualizations of transsexualism as a variant of borderline pathology.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011386:Projective Techniques; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy