title: MMPI-2 Profile of French Transsexuals: The Role of Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors. A cross-sectional design.
abstract: The assessment of co-existing psychological and psychiatric disorders is advocated in the Standards of Care for the health of transsexual people. This study aimed to determine the psychopathological characteristics of transsexuals based on a large sample of French individuals and to identify whether these characteristics differed according to the individual's sociodemographic or clinical characteristics. The aim of this study was to determine the psychopathological characteristics of transsexuals from a large sample of French individuals and whether these differed by sociodemographic or clinical characteristics. This cross-sectional study was conducted in a French public university hospital. The inclusion criteria were 18 years or older, diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and eligibility for a standardized sex reassignment procedure. Personality characteristics were assessed using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2). A total of 108 individuals provided a valid MMPI-2 between January 2007 and December 2010. The final sample had a median age of 31 years and included 54 (50%) Female-to-Male individuals. In multivariate models, hormonal therapy status was significantly related to the scales of MMPI-2 (Psychasthenia and Masculinity/Femininity). Personality assessment can help a multidisciplinary gender dysphoria team detect potential psychopathological factors of vulnerability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sainte-Marguerite University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13009 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonierbale
authors.affiliation: EA 3279 Research Unit, Aix Marseille University &Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baumstarck
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sainte-Marguerite University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13009 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maquigneau
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sainte-Marguerite University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13009 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gorin-Lazard
authors.affiliation: EA 3279 Research Unit, Aix Marseille University &Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.affiliation: EA 3279 Research Unit, Aix Marseille University &Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Anderson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loundou
authors.affiliation: EA 3279 Research Unit, Aix Marseille University &Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Auquier
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sainte-Marguerite University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13009 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lançon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult