Cross-National Replication of the Gender Identity Interview for Children

We administered the Gender Identity Interview for Children, a 12-item child-informant measure, to children referred clinically for gender identity problems in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (N = 329) and Amsterdam, The Netherlands (N = 228) and 173 control children. Confirmatory factor analysis identified...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 2009-11, Vol.91 (6), p.545-552
Main Authors: Wallien, Madeleine S. C., Quilty, Lena C., Steensma, Thomas D., Singh, Devita, Lambert, Susan L., Leroux, Annie, Owen-Anderson, Allison, Kibblewhite, Sarah J., Bradley, Susan J., Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T., Zucker, Kenneth J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Confusion
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Discriminant analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender Identity
Gender identity disorder
Humans
Interview, Psychological
Male
Netherlands
North America
Ontario
Personality
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Validity
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Summary:We administered the Gender Identity Interview for Children, a 12-item child-informant measure, to children referred clinically for gender identity problems in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (N = 329) and Amsterdam, The Netherlands (N = 228) and 173 control children. Confirmatory factor analysis identified a Cognitive Gender Confusion factor (4 items) and an Affective Gender Confusion factor (8 items). Patients from both clinics had a significantly higher deviant total score than the controls, and the Dutch patients had a significantly higher deviant score than the Toronto patients. In this cross-national study, we are the first to report on the validity of this measure to discriminate children with gender identity disorder from controls outside of North America.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1080/00223890903228463