Gender Identity and Gender Role in DSD Patients Raised as Females: A Preliminary Outcome Study

• Published in: Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) 2013, Vol.4, p.86-86
• Main Authors: Ercan, Oya, Kutlug, Seyhan, Uysal, Omer, Alikasifoglu, Mujgan, Inceoglu, Derya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Endocrinology; females with DSD; gender identity in DSD; gender role in DSD; outcome in DSD; psychosexual development in DSD
• ISSN: 1664-2392; 1664-2392
• DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00086

Gender identity and gender role are expected to be consistent with gender assignment for optimal DSD management outcome. To our knowledge, our study is the first to attempt evaluation of gender related outcomes in Turkish DSD patients. After receiving institutional ethical board approval and subject (or parent) informed consent, subjects with DSD raised as girls (22 patients 46 XX DSD, 11 patients 46 XY DSD) answered 566 questions of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) questionnaire including 60-item Masculinity-Femininity (MF) subscale which was the focus in this study. Controls (n: 50) were females similar to the probands in age, level of education, relationship status, and having a job or not also answered all questions. The answers were evaluated by a trained psychologist (Derya Inceoglu) on MMPI. For statistical purposes, seven findings were obtained from the data related to the MF subscale from the patients and controls. Of these seven findings (S1-S7), two were associated with masculinity (S3-S4) and another two were associated with femininity (S5-S6). In DSD patients, the percentages of masculinity findings were significantly higher when compared to controls (p