Gender Dysphoria 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyGenderA2/A-levelAQA Created by: GemmaCreated on: 26-04-14 11:11 3 main areas explored? Mental illness, Mother-son relationship + BSTc 1 of 13 What are individuals with GID also called? (gender identity disorder) transsexuals 2 of 13 Why study this topic? help us to understand those with the disorder + to try and help them feel comfortable in the gender in which they wish to be 3 of 13 What is GID when individuals feel uncomfortable with the sex which they have been assigned with at birth + can lead to gender reassignment /sex change operations 4 of 13 Mental illness- Coates et al Boy aged 3, reported feelings of GID- thought it was to try and compensate for the fact that the mother was severely depressed from aborting a girl 5 of 13 Mental illness- Cole et al Looked at a group of boys with GID + control - found no significant differences in psychological illneses 6 of 13 Mother-son relationship - Stoller interviewed boys with GID + mothers = found that there was an overly close relationship 7 of 13 Mother-Son relationship - Zucker et al found that out of a group of boys with GID , 64% of them had seperation anxiety 8 of 13 BSTc what is it + why is it being studied Area of the brain - in heterosexual males is 2X larger than a heterosexual women. Thought to correspond to size of that of the preferred gender 9 of 13 Zhou et al // Kruijver et al Found that the size of the BSTc in Male to female transsexuals corresponded to that of a heterosexual female 10 of 13 Chung et al This change is size of BSTc only happens in later life + individuals with GID report these feelings earlier one 11 of 13 Hulshoff- Pol et al Found that hormone therapy influences the size of BSTc + those in the Zhou et al //Kruijver et al study were on hormone replacement therapy 12 of 13 IDA Puts blame on mother, also no clear link between 1 of the factors + GID. More research is needed, but originally used to understand those with GID 13 of 13
Comments
No comments have yet been made