Abstract Assignment Submitted by
Psychology 2301, Section 53003, Spring 2016
Abstract
Dragowski, Scharrón-del Río, and Sandigorsky (2011) conducted research to determine the biological, environmental, cultural, and diagnostic factors that are associated with childhood gender Identity disorder. Childhood gender identity disorder is a birth defect where the person’s genitalia are outwardly observable (Dragowski, Scharrón-del Río & Sandigorsky, 2011). Dragowski, Scharrón-del Río, and Sandigorsky (2011) addressed that the aforementioned factors are significant to gender identity disorder because they will provide a guide for the necessary changes that need to take place in the 5th edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual V. In addition, the authors discovered that biological sex, gender, and sexual orientation are often considered three elements associated with gender identity disorder and misconceptions of the disorder. Environmental factors such as colors, clothes types, parental teachings about males and females differences, and socialization are all components that engage children into sex-stereotypical behavior. Cultural influences that contribute to gender identity disorder are applicable to and range from cultural ideologies to gender roles that can contribute to gender identity (Dragowski, Scharrón-del Río & Sandigorsky, 2011). Lastly, the diagnostic factors that were discussed focus on the language, criteria, and descriptors that should be included in the fifth version of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual. Dragowski, Scharrón-del Río, and Sandigorsky (2011) results indicate the challenges in creating a manual that is biologically informative and simultaneously culturally sensitive.
References
Dragowski, E. A., Scharrón-del Río, M. R., & Sandigorsky, A. L. (2011). Childhood gender identity . . . disorder? Developmental, cultural, and diagnostic concerns. Journal of Counseling & Development , 89 (3), 360-366. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2011.tb00100.x
