Gender identity and psychosocial well-being in the intersexual condition

Journal title PSICOLOGIA DI COMUNITA’
Author/s Paola Miano, Valeria Granatella, Maria Garro
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/1
Language Italian Pages 6 P. 9-14 File size 493 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSC2011-001002
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The authors underline how more functional strategies for coping with intersexuality are linked to improved outcomes with regard to psychosocial well-being and, especially, satisfaction with gender identity, sexual function and social relationships. Construction of sexual identity, gender and elements that those subjects with Disorder of Sex Development (DSD) might perceive as self-dystonic, are analysed. An essential issue regarding intersexuality concerns the way in which the point of view of persons with DSD may influence the typology of treatment. A lack of narrative schemes containing the personal history of subjects in an intersexual condition prompts an emphasis on the great importance of personal perception, and the need for evaluation of intersexual conditions as an aspect of gender identity.

Keywords: Intersexuality, disorder of sex development, gender identity, sexuality, stereotype, narration

Paola Miano, Valeria Granatella, Maria Garro, Identità di genere e benessere psicosociale nella condizione intersessuale in "PSICOLOGIA DI COMUNITA’" 1/2011, pp 9-14, DOI: 10.3280/PSC2011-001002