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Peer Group Status of Gender Dysphoric Children: A Sociometric Study

In this sociometric study, we aimed to investigate the social position of gender-referred children in a naturalistic environment. We used a peer nomination technique to examine their social position in the class and we specifically examined bullying and victimization of gender dysphoric children. A...

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Autores principales: Wallien, Madeleine S. C., Veenstra, René, Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C., Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T.
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Publicado: Springer US 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19639403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-009-9517-3
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author Wallien, Madeleine S. C.
Veenstra, René
Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C.
Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T.
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Veenstra, René
Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C.
Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T.
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description In this sociometric study, we aimed to investigate the social position of gender-referred children in a naturalistic environment. We used a peer nomination technique to examine their social position in the class and we specifically examined bullying and victimization of gender dysphoric children. A total of 28 children (14 boys and 14 girls), referred to a gender identity clinic, and their classmates (n = 495) were included (M age, 10.5 years). Results showed that the gender-referred children had a peer network of children of the opposite sex. Gender-referred boys had more nominations on peer acceptance from female classmates and less from male classmates as compared to other male classmates. Gender-referred girls were more accepted by male than by female classmates and these girls had significantly more male friends and less female friends. Male classmates rejected gender-referred boys more than other boys, whereas female classmates did not reject the gender-referred girls. For bullying and victimization, we did not find any significant differences between the gender-referred boys and their male classmates nor between the gender-referred girls and their female classmates. In sum, at elementary school age, the relationships of gender dysphoric children with opposite-sex children appeared to be better than with same-sex children. The social position of gender-referred boys was less favorable than that of gender-referred girls. However, the gender-referred children were not more often bullied than other children, despite their gender nonconforming behavior.
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spelling pubmed-28445262010-03-26 Peer Group Status of Gender Dysphoric Children: A Sociometric Study Wallien, Madeleine S. C. Veenstra, René Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C. Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T. Arch Sex Behav Original Paper In this sociometric study, we aimed to investigate the social position of gender-referred children in a naturalistic environment. We used a peer nomination technique to examine their social position in the class and we specifically examined bullying and victimization of gender dysphoric children. A total of 28 children (14 boys and 14 girls), referred to a gender identity clinic, and their classmates (n = 495) were included (M age, 10.5 years). Results showed that the gender-referred children had a peer network of children of the opposite sex. Gender-referred boys had more nominations on peer acceptance from female classmates and less from male classmates as compared to other male classmates. Gender-referred girls were more accepted by male than by female classmates and these girls had significantly more male friends and less female friends. Male classmates rejected gender-referred boys more than other boys, whereas female classmates did not reject the gender-referred girls. For bullying and victimization, we did not find any significant differences between the gender-referred boys and their male classmates nor between the gender-referred girls and their female classmates. In sum, at elementary school age, the relationships of gender dysphoric children with opposite-sex children appeared to be better than with same-sex children. The social position of gender-referred boys was less favorable than that of gender-referred girls. However, the gender-referred children were not more often bullied than other children, despite their gender nonconforming behavior. Springer US 2009-07-29 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2844526/ /pubmed/19639403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-009-9517-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2009 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Wallien, Madeleine S. C.
Veenstra, René
Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C.
Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T.
Peer Group Status of Gender Dysphoric Children: A Sociometric Study
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title_short Peer Group Status of Gender Dysphoric Children: A Sociometric Study
title_sort peer group status of gender dysphoric children: a sociometric study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19639403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-009-9517-3
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