Body image and personality traits of male-to-female transsexuals and homosexuals
Ali Bozkurt (Gülhane Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey), Hasmet Isikli MD (Kasimpasa Naval Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey), Fusun Demir MS (Kasimpasa Naval Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey), K. Nahit Ozmenler (Gülhane Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey), Zeynep Gulcat PhD (Gülhane Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey), Tunay Karlidere (Gülhane Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey), Hamdullah Aydin 2006, 34 (8), 927-938
The aim of this study is to identify the body image and personality traits of male-to-female transsexual and homosexual persons in Turkey: 36 homosexuals and 52 male-to-female transsexuals were evaluated. According to the Body Cathexis Scale (Secord and Jourard, 1953) transsexuals compared with controls are statistically more satisfied with their waist, height, eyes, hips, legs, body posture and weight; dissatisfied with their body hair distribution, shoulder width and genitals. Homosexuals compared with controls are statistically more satisfied in height, sharpness of senses, hips, legs, sexual activity and body posture; dissatisfied in body hair distribution and genitals. It may be interpreted that transsexuals are identified with female body. The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Eysenck and Eysenck, 1978) revealed that transsexual participants have statistically higher mean neuroticism (N)scores than do controls.
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Articles by Ali Bozkurt, Hasmet Isikli MD, Fusun Demir MS, K. Nahit Ozmenler, Zeynep Gulcat PhD, Tunay Karlidere, Hamdullah Aydin
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