Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Italy.
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2020 Oct;25(4):1049-1067. doi: 10.1177/1359104520925526. Epub 2020 Jun 5.
In today's Italy, gender diversity has assumed a remarkable resonance and visibility in both scientific and popular literature, which has facilitated the development of studies regarding treatments and support for children and adolescents with gender-related issues.
the aim of this study was to conduct a preliminary evaluation of how Italian clinicians (psychologists and pediatricians) perceive gender variant children and adolescents, evaluating their approach to clinical practice.
An online questionnaire directed to clinicians regarding their experience with, and perceptions of, gender variant children and adolescents was used for the first part of the research. In the second part of this study, Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) methodology was applied to semi-structured interviews aimed at investigating clinicians' approach to clinical practice.
Professionals reported 374 cases, including 200 children (aged 2-11 years) and 174 adolescents (aged 12-19 years); a total of 10 interviews were conducted with professionals.
This study highlights the increase of gender variant children and adolescents seen by professionals, but also the poor awareness of Italian professionals about gender diversity and their care, as well as an absence of a network model of intervention.
在当今的意大利，性别多样性在科学和大众文学中都引起了极大的反响和关注，这促进了针对与性别相关问题的儿童和青少年的治疗和支持的研究发展。
本研究旨在初步评估意大利临床医生（心理学家和儿科医生）如何看待性别多样化的儿童和青少年，评估他们对临床实践的方法。
使用针对临床医生的在线问卷，调查他们对性别多样化儿童和青少年的经验和看法，这是研究的第一部分。在本研究的第二部分中，应用共识定性研究（CQR）方法对旨在调查临床医生临床实践方法的半结构化访谈进行分析。
专业人员报告了 374 例病例，包括 200 名儿童（2-11 岁）和 174 名青少年（12-19 岁）；共对 10 名专业人员进行了访谈。
本研究强调了专业人员所看到的性别多样化儿童和青少年数量的增加，但也强调了意大利专业人员对性别多样性及其护理的认识不足，以及缺乏干预的网络模式。
