Family Correlates of Male Childhood Gender Disturbance

George A. Rekers Department of Family and Child Development, Kansas State University, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Logos Research Institute, Inc., Van Nuys, California, USA

Shasta L. Mead Department of Family and Child Development, Kansas State University, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Logos Research Institute, Inc., Van Nuys, California, USA

Alexander C. Rosen Department of Family and Child Development, Kansas State University, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Logos Research Institute, Inc., Van Nuys, California, USA

Steven L. Brigham Department of Family and Child Development, Kansas State University, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Logos Research Institute, Inc., Van Nuys, California, USA

Summary

In the context of a review of adult cases of gender disturbance, a clinical study was pursued on the status of fathers, father-substitutes, and older male siblings for 46 boys with deviations in male role development. Significantly fewer male role models were found in the family backgrounds of the severely gender-disturbed boys as compared to the mild-to-moderately gender-disturbed boys. Male childhood gender disturbance was also found to be correlated with a high incidence of psychiatric problems in both the mothers and fathers and with atypical patterns of the boys' involvement with their mothers and fathers, as measured by the Bene-Anthony Family Relations Test and the Rekers Behavior Checklist for Childhood Gender Problems.

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