Abstract
Research into the comparison of psychological disturbances and as well as on personality Characteristics in Gender identity disorder yielded mixed results, with different patterns for MF and FM transsexual subjects. We investigated personality characteristics and Early Maladaptive Schemas differences in MF and FM transsexuals. Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS) and personality characteristics were assessed by the Young Schema Questionnaire indexing 16 Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS) and Eysenck personality Questionnaire, respectively; in 17 MF and 17 FM transsexual subjects (34 subjects). FM and MF groups demonstrated significant difference in multiple EMSs. MFs indicated more feeling of abandonment, aloneness, shame and social isolation in comparison with FM transsexuals, and experienced more intensive emotional deprivation and inhibition too. In addition, they identified themselves vulnerable to harm or illness. However, MF and FM transsexuals didn‘t show significant difference in extroversion-introversion trait. according to these findings, gender plays an important role in development of special EMSs in people with GID, specially in men, and MFs are more vulnerable and less adjustable in comparison with FMs.
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