A Comparative Study of Sexual Identity and Emotional Disturbance Between Feminine and Masculine Boys
Feminity in males is considered a problem since it has been related significantly with transsexuality and homosexuality. This study attempted to describe and compare the childhood gender-typed interests, current gender identity, sexual orientation, and level of emotional disturbance among femin...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English |
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1997
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8961/1/FPP_1997_11_A.pdf |
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| Summary: | Feminity in males is considered a problem since it
has been related significantly with transsexuality and
homosexuality. This study attempted to describe and
compare the childhood gender-typed interests, current
gender identity, sexual orientation, and level of
emotional disturbance among feminine boys and masculine
boys.
Thirty five secondary-school feminine boys were
matched with thirty five masculine boys in terms of
their age,race, religion and school attended. The
feminine boys were purposively selected and objectively
identitifed us ing the Feminine Mannerism Checklist. The
seventy respondents were administered five scales:seventy respondents were administered five scales:
Childhood Gender-typed Interests Scale (CGIS), Feminine
Gender Identity Scale (FGIS), Body Image Scale (BIS),
Sexual orientation Scale (SOS) and Emotional
Disturbance Scale (EDS). |
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