Laboratory of Evolution of Human Behavior, Graduate Program in Psychobiology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Laboratory of Evolution of Human Behavior, Graduate Program in Psychobiology, Department of Physiology and Behavior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Hum Nat. 2020 Dec;31(4):483-496. doi: 10.1007/s12110-020-09381-6. Epub 2021 Jan 21.
Empirical data from studies with both heterosexual and homosexual individuals have consistently indicated different tendencies in mating behavior. However, transgenders' data are often overlooked. This exploratory study compared levels of sociosexuality and self-esteem between transgenders and non-transgender (cisgender) individuals. The aim was to verify whether either sexual genotype or gender self-perception had more influence on the examined variables in transgenders. Correlations between self-esteem and sociosexuality levels were also investigated. The sample consisted of 120 Brazilian individuals (51 transgenders) from both sexes. Sociosexuality scores indicated mostly sex-typical patterns for transgenders of both sexes across the construct's three dimensions (behavior, attitude, and desire), except for female-to-male transgenders' behavioral sociosexuality. Unique associations between the dimensions of sociosexuality were found for transgender participants. No differences in self-esteem were observed and no correlations between self-esteem and sociosexuality were found. The results suggest that transgenders' sociosexuality is largely influenced by their sexual genotype despite their incongruent gender self-perception and that the relationships between behavior, attitude, and sociosexual desire are different from those observed in cisgenders.
来自对异性恋和同性恋个体的研究的经验数据一直表明交配行为存在不同的倾向。然而，跨性别者的数据往往被忽视。这项探索性研究比较了跨性别者和非跨性别者（顺性别者）的社交性和自尊水平。目的是验证性基因型或性别自我认知对跨性别者的被检查变量是否有更大的影响。还调查了自尊和社交性水平之间的相关性。样本由来自两性的 120 名巴西个体（51 名跨性别者）组成。社交性得分表明，除了女性到男性的跨性别者的行为社交性之外，两性的跨性别者在社交性的三个维度（行为、态度和欲望）上大多表现出典型的性别模式。跨性别者参与者的社交性维度之间存在独特的关联。没有观察到自尊方面的差异，也没有发现自尊和社交性之间的相关性。研究结果表明，尽管跨性别者的性别认同不一致，但他们的社交性在很大程度上受到性基因型的影响，而且行为、态度和社交性欲望之间的关系与顺性别者观察到的关系不同。
