Biological and Experimental Psychology Group, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Jun;41(3):623-30. doi: 10.1007/s10508-011-9737-1. Epub 2011 Feb 18.
The present study explored whether there were relationships among gender nonconformity, intelligence, and sexual orientation. A total of 106 heterosexual men, 115 heterosexual women, and 103 gay men completed measures of demographic variables, recalled childhood gender nonconformity (CGN), and the National Adult Reading Test (NART). NART error scores were used to estimate Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Full-Scale IQ (FSIQ) and Verbal IQ (VIQ) scores. Gay men had significantly fewer NART errors than heterosexual men and women (controlling for years of education). In heterosexual men, correlational analysis revealed significant associations between CGN, NART, and FSIQ scores (elevated boyhood femininity correlated with higher IQ scores). In heterosexual women, the direction of the correlations between CGN and all IQ scores was reversed (elevated girlhood femininity correlating with lower IQ scores). There were no significant correlations among these variables in gay men. These data may indicate a "sexuality-specific" effect on general cognitive ability but with limitations. They also support growing evidence that quantitative measures of sex-atypicality are useful in the study of trait sexual orientation.
本研究探讨了性别非典型性、智力和性取向之间是否存在关系。共有 106 名异性恋男性、115 名异性恋女性和 103 名同性恋男性完成了人口统计学变量的测量，回忆了童年期的性别非典型性（CGN）和国家成人阅读测试（NART）。NART 错误分数用于估计韦氏成人智力测验（WAIS）全量表智商（FSIQ）和言语智商（VIQ）分数。与异性恋男性和女性相比，同性恋男性的 NART 错误明显较少（控制了受教育年限）。在异性恋男性中，相关性分析显示 CGN、NART 和 FSIQ 分数之间存在显著关联（童年期女性化程度较高与智商得分较高相关）。在异性恋女性中，CGN 与所有智商分数之间的相关方向相反（童年期女性化程度较高与智商得分较低相关）。在同性恋男性中，这些变量之间没有显著的相关性。这些数据可能表明性别非典型性对一般认知能力存在“特定于性别的”影响，但存在局限性。它们还支持越来越多的证据表明，性别非典型性的定量测量在特质性取向研究中是有用的。
