The development of gender identity in the autistic child
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Child: Care, Health and Development
- Vol. 7 (6) , 347-356
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.1981.tb00851.x
Abstract
The Michigan Gender Identity Test (MGIT) was administered to 30 autistic children to determine whether autistic children could demonstrate a sense of gender identity. The results of the MGIT were correlated with other developmental indices obtained from the Alpern-Boll Developmental Profile. From this sample of autistics, a significant relationship was found between gender identity and mental age, chronological age, communication skills, physical skills, social skills, self-help skills and academic (cognitive) skills.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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