Social Introversion Personality Trait as Predictor of Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria
The personality trait of social introversion refers to the individual inclination toward the inner/outer world. Moreover, adolescents who experience Gender Dysphoria (GD) can be involved in relationship conflicts with family, peers, and friends and experience stigmatization and rejection from societ...
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| author | Flora Furente Emilia Matera Lucia Margari Elisabetta Lavorato Federica Annecchini Francesca Scarascia Mugnozza Giuseppe Colacicco Alessandra Gabellone Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli |
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| description | The personality trait of social introversion refers to the individual inclination toward the inner/outer world. Moreover, adolescents who experience Gender Dysphoria (GD) can be involved in relationship conflicts with family, peers, and friends and experience stigmatization and rejection from society. This leads higher distress in females which are more sensitive to this kind of feelings. This leads in them frequently developing a negative sense of well-being and low self-esteem which increases their risk of internalizing symptoms. So, the aims of this study were: (1) to investigate the presence of significant differences in Social Introversion (SI) dimensions between an assigned-female at birth (AFAB) GD group and a cisgender female group both diagnosed with a depressive disorder, (2) to verify whether the two clinical groups may be characterized by different profiles of internalizing symptoms, (3) to investigate if the SI dimensions could promote the internalizing symptomatology. Our results confirmed the presence of significantly higher score in GD sample for MMPI-SI scale and subscales and showed no significant difference in depressive profiles. Lastly, SI could promote internalizing symptomatology in AFAB underlying a link between SI and depression in this condition which should be further investigated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-989cbfbec9f7454b872c0ce5fdab7ae12023-11-17T23:12:30ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832023-04-01129323610.3390/jcm12093236Social Introversion Personality Trait as Predictor of Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents with Gender DysphoriaFlora Furente0Emilia Matera1Lucia Margari2Elisabetta Lavorato3Federica Annecchini4Francesca Scarascia Mugnozza5Giuseppe Colacicco6Alessandra Gabellone7Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli8DiBraiN—Department of Translational Biomedicine Neurosciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70100 Bari, ItalyDiMePRe-J—Department of Precision and Rigenerative Medicine—Jonic Area, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70100 Bari, ItalyDiMePRe-J—Department of Precision and Rigenerative Medicine—Jonic Area, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70100 Bari, ItalyPsychiatry Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Bari, 70100 Bari, ItalyDiBraiN—Department of Translational Biomedicine Neurosciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70100 Bari, ItalyDiBraiN—Department of Translational Biomedicine Neurosciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70100 Bari, ItalyDiBraiN—Department of Translational Biomedicine Neurosciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70100 Bari, ItalyDiBraiN—Department of Translational Biomedicine Neurosciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70100 Bari, ItalyDiBraiN—Department of Translational Biomedicine Neurosciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70100 Bari, ItalyThe personality trait of social introversion refers to the individual inclination toward the inner/outer world. Moreover, adolescents who experience Gender Dysphoria (GD) can be involved in relationship conflicts with family, peers, and friends and experience stigmatization and rejection from society. This leads higher distress in females which are more sensitive to this kind of feelings. This leads in them frequently developing a negative sense of well-being and low self-esteem which increases their risk of internalizing symptoms. So, the aims of this study were: (1) to investigate the presence of significant differences in Social Introversion (SI) dimensions between an assigned-female at birth (AFAB) GD group and a cisgender female group both diagnosed with a depressive disorder, (2) to verify whether the two clinical groups may be characterized by different profiles of internalizing symptoms, (3) to investigate if the SI dimensions could promote the internalizing symptomatology. Our results confirmed the presence of significantly higher score in GD sample for MMPI-SI scale and subscales and showed no significant difference in depressive profiles. Lastly, SI could promote internalizing symptomatology in AFAB underlying a link between SI and depression in this condition which should be further investigated.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/9/3236adolescentsgender dysphoriatransgenderemotion dysregulationbody investmentprotection |
| spellingShingle | Flora Furente Emilia Matera Lucia Margari Elisabetta Lavorato Federica Annecchini Francesca Scarascia Mugnozza Giuseppe Colacicco Alessandra Gabellone Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli Social Introversion Personality Trait as Predictor of Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria Journal of Clinical Medicine adolescents gender dysphoria transgender emotion dysregulation body investment protection |
| title | Social Introversion Personality Trait as Predictor of Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria |
| title_full | Social Introversion Personality Trait as Predictor of Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria |
| title_fullStr | Social Introversion Personality Trait as Predictor of Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Introversion Personality Trait as Predictor of Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria |
| title_short | Social Introversion Personality Trait as Predictor of Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria |
| title_sort | social introversion personality trait as predictor of internalizing symptoms in female adolescents with gender dysphoria |
| topic | adolescents gender dysphoria transgender emotion dysregulation body investment protection |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/9/3236 |
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