Examining the Relationship Between Personality Traits and Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Young Adults

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26318318251355397" target="_blank" >10.1177/26318318251355397</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Examining the Relationship Between Personality Traits and Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Young Adults

Original language description

Background: The relationship between personality trait expression and gender identity in adolescents and young adults remains underexplored, particularly through a dimensional framework. This study examines associations between maladaptive personality traits, borderline features, and gender dysphoria across developmental age groups. Methods: A cross-sectional sample of 269 participants aged 14-26, including both gender-conforming and gender-diverse individuals, completed the Personality Inventory for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition - Brief Form (PID-5-BF), Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children (BPFS-C), and the Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale. Statistical analyses included t-tests, analysis of variances (ANOVAs), and Pearson correlations, with age-stratified group comparisons. Results: Gender-diverse participants reported modest elevations in negative affect, detachment, and borderline personality features compared to gender-conforming peers. Age-based analyses showed that younger participants (14-16 years) reported higher mean levels of antagonism, disinhibition, psychoticism, and gender dysphoria. While these differences were statistically significant, all scores remained within non-clinical ranges, and effect sizes were small to moderate. Gender dysphoria was weakly correlated with negative affect, detachment, and borderline features. Conclusions: Results suggest that observed variations in trait expression reflect developmental and contextual influences rather than psychopathological characteristics. These findings highlight the importance of non-pathologizing, developmentally sensitive approaches in clinical settings when working with gender-diverse youth.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30215 - Psychiatry

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Psychosexual Health

ISSN

2631-8318

e-ISSN

2631-8326

Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

IN - INDIA

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

373-378

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105022488421