Artigo Revisado por pares

Objeto transicional y fetiche en el trastorno de identidad sexual en el niño

2001; Volume: 18; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

2660-7271

Autores

A. Fernández Rivas, Miguel Ángel González Torres,

Tópico(s)

Psychological Treatments and Disorders

Resumo

Gender Identity Disorder implies the existence of a persisten! discrepancy between one's own biologica/ sex and nuclear gender identity. The subjects affected expe­rience a deep suffering regarding their own sex. The desire to belong to the other sex forces them to state their real sex is the opposite one. Prevalence and incidence of the disorder in chil­dren and adolescents are still unknown, mainly due to the lack of epidemiological studies in these popu/a­tions. Gender Identity Disorder is a complex c/inical entity. Severa! factors, including psychodynamic ones, take part in its etiology. Two cases of Gender ldentity Disorder in chil­dren are presentcd hcrc. Psychodynamic aspects, emphasizing the etiological role of transitional object ant the fetish object are examined and explo­red.

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