Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 profiles of patients with gender identity disorder requesting sex reassignment surgery
Background: Gender identity disorder (GID) is a distressing disorder characterized by a persistent unhappiness with one's own sex and a desire to be of the opposite sex as well as seeking sex reassignment surgery for the same. The aim of the study was to assess the Minnesota Multiphasic Persona...
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| description | Background: Gender identity disorder (GID) is a distressing disorder characterized by a persistent unhappiness with one's own sex and a desire to be of the opposite sex as well as seeking sex reassignment surgery for the same. The aim of the study was to assess the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) profiles in patients with GID and examine differences in the profiles based on original gender of the patients. Methodology: Twenty-seven patients with GID that fulfilled the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Text Revision criteria for the same were participants of the study. They were administered the MMPI-2 and the scores across various scales were statistically analyzed. Before analysis, the sample was divided into groups according to gender, i.e., male-to-female and female-to-male patients who were requesting sex reassignment surgery. Results: No significant elevation of scores on any of the scales was noted in keeping with the fact that patients with GID usually demonstrate minimal psychopathology. All patients showed elevation on at least one subscale other than the masculinity-femininity subscale. No differences across gender were noted indicating that gender was probably not a determinant of psychopathology in GID. Conclusions: MMPI-2 profiles in patients with GID failed to reveal major psychopathology though the MMPI still remains a useful tool in the assessment of this population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fdd8baf2d4e84ddca7e1c478619690022022-12-21T22:38:37ZengSAGE PublishingIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine0253-71762016-01-0138544344610.4103/0253-7176.191378Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 profiles of patients with gender identity disorder requesting sex reassignment surgerySagar KariaSanhita JamsandekarAlpa AlureAvinash De SousaNilesh ShahBackground: Gender identity disorder (GID) is a distressing disorder characterized by a persistent unhappiness with one's own sex and a desire to be of the opposite sex as well as seeking sex reassignment surgery for the same. The aim of the study was to assess the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) profiles in patients with GID and examine differences in the profiles based on original gender of the patients. Methodology: Twenty-seven patients with GID that fulfilled the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Text Revision criteria for the same were participants of the study. They were administered the MMPI-2 and the scores across various scales were statistically analyzed. Before analysis, the sample was divided into groups according to gender, i.e., male-to-female and female-to-male patients who were requesting sex reassignment surgery. Results: No significant elevation of scores on any of the scales was noted in keeping with the fact that patients with GID usually demonstrate minimal psychopathology. All patients showed elevation on at least one subscale other than the masculinity-femininity subscale. No differences across gender were noted indicating that gender was probably not a determinant of psychopathology in GID. Conclusions: MMPI-2 profiles in patients with GID failed to reveal major psychopathology though the MMPI still remains a useful tool in the assessment of this population.http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2016;volume=38;issue=5;spage=443;epage=446;aulast=KariaGendergender identity disordermasculinity-femininityMinnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 |
| spellingShingle | Sagar Karia Sanhita Jamsandekar Alpa Alure Avinash De Sousa Nilesh Shah Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 profiles of patients with gender identity disorder requesting sex reassignment surgery Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine Gender gender identity disorder masculinity-femininity Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 |
| title | Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 profiles of patients with gender identity disorder requesting sex reassignment surgery |
| title_full | Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 profiles of patients with gender identity disorder requesting sex reassignment surgery |
| title_fullStr | Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 profiles of patients with gender identity disorder requesting sex reassignment surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 profiles of patients with gender identity disorder requesting sex reassignment surgery |
| title_short | Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 profiles of patients with gender identity disorder requesting sex reassignment surgery |
| title_sort | minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 2 profiles of patients with gender identity disorder requesting sex reassignment surgery |
| topic | Gender gender identity disorder masculinity-femininity Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 |
| url | http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2016;volume=38;issue=5;spage=443;epage=446;aulast=Karia |
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