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.
Gender Clinic, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Madeleine S C
MS
Wallien
Lena C
LC
Quilty
Thomas D
TD
Steensma
Devita
D
Singh
Susan L
SL
Lambert
Annie
A
Leroux
Allison
A
Owen-Anderson
Sarah J
SJ
Kibblewhite
Susan J
SJ
Bradley
Peggy T
PT
Cohen-Kettenis
Kenneth J
KJ
Zucker
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*