Cross-national replication of the gender identity interview for children.
We administered the Gender Identity Interview for Children, a 12-item child-informant measure, to children referred clinically for gender identity problems in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (N = 329) and Amsterdam, The Netherlands (N = 228) and 173 control children. Confirmatory factor analysis identified a Cognitive Gender Confusion factor (4 items) and an Affective Gender Confusion factor (8 items). Patients from both clinics had a significantly higher deviant total score than the controls, and the Dutch patients had a significantly higher deviant score than the Toronto patients. In this cross-national study, we are the first to report on the validity of this measure to discriminate children with gender identity disorder from controls outside of North America.
Wallien
Madeleine S C
MS
Gender Clinic, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Quilty
Lena C
LC
Steensma
Thomas D
TD
Singh
Devita
D
Lambert
Susan L
SL
Leroux
Annie
A
Owen-Anderson
Allison
A
Kibblewhite
Sarah J
SJ
Bradley
Susan J
SJ
Cohen-Kettenis
Peggy T
PT
Zucker
Kenneth J
KJ
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D009864:Ontario; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*