Recalled pre-school activities among adults with gender dysphoria who seek gender confirming treatment—An Iranian study

• Published in: Asian journal of psychiatry 2019-04, Vol.42, p.57-61
• Main Authors: Roshan, Ghasem M., Talaei, Ali, Sadr, Mostafa, Arezoomandan, Sanaz, Kazemi, Sepideh, Khorashad, Behzad S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Childhood play behaviors; Gender dysphoria; Gender non-conformity
• ISSN: 1876-2018; 1876-2026
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2019.03.028

•Transmen and transwomen had the highest and lowest PSAI scores, respectively.•Cisgender men scored significantly higher than cisgender women.•Transwomen scored significantly more feminine than cisgender women.•Difference between transmen and cisgender men was not significant. Preschool play behaviors have been frequently shown to be associated with prenatal androgens. It has also been proposed that incongruent sex-typed play behaviors in childhood is associated with gender dysphoria in adulthood in both men and women. Most of these studies, however, have been conducted in western countries. In this study, we investigated the recalled childhood play behavior among a total number of 339 Iranian participants (n = 72 transwomen, n = 92 transmen, n = 75 cisgender men and n = 100 cisgender women) using Preschool Activity Inventory (PSAI). We found that PSAI mean scores of the four groups were significantly different (F(3,335 = 223.5, p