Measuring Gender Dysphoria: A Multicenter Examination and Comparison of the Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale and the Gender Identity/Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire for Adolescents and Adults

Autor(en)

Catharina Schneider, Susanne Cerwenka, Timo O. Nieder, Peer Briken, Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Griet DeCuypere, Ira R. Haraldsen, Baudewijnte P. C. Kreukels, Hertha Richter-Appelt

Abstrakt

This study examined two instruments measuring gender dysphoria within the multicenter study of the European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence (ENIGI). The Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale (UGDS) and the Gender Identity/Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire for Adolescents and Adults (GIDYQ-AA) were examined for their definitions of gender dysphoria and their psychometric properties, and evaluated for their congruence in assessing the construct. The sample of 318 participants consisted of 178 male-to-females (MtF) and 140 female-to-males (FtM) who were recruited from the four ENIGI gender clinics. Both instruments were significantly correlated in the group of MtFs. For the FtM group, there was a trend in the same direction but smaller. Gender dysphoria was found to be defined differently in the two instruments, which led to slightly different findings regarding the subgroups. The UGDS detected a difference between the subgroups of early and late onset of gender identity disorder in the group of MtFs, whereas the GIDYQ-AA did not. For the FtM group, no significant effect of age of onset was found. Therefore, both instruments seem to capture not only similar but also different aspects of gender dysphoria. The UGDS focusses on bodily aspects, gender identity, and gender role, while the GIDYQ-AA addresses subjective, somatic, social, and sociolegal aspects. For future research, consistency in theory and definition of gender dysphoria is needed and should be in line with the DSM-5 diagnosis of gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Klinische und Gesundheitspsychologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, Rikshospitalet Oslo

Journal

Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal

Band

45

Seiten

551-558

Anzahl der Seiten

8

ISSN

0004-0002

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0702-x

Publikationsdatum

02-2016

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

302065 Psychiatrie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Psychologie, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/a18fb00b-877f-4244-ab6d-b8f2a100358f