Fleming M, Costos D, MacGowan B
Arch Sex Behav. 1984 Dec;13(6):581-94. doi: 10.1007/BF01542092.
The ego development of 22 postoperative female-to-male transsexuals and their spouses or lovers with whom they had been living for a year or more was investigated. The transsexuals, their spouses, and a control group of 22 couples were administered the Washington University Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development, a projective measure of ego functioning. Ego development refers to the framework of meaning that the individual brings to an experience. The construct of ego development incorporates a series of sequential stages that integrate various frames of reference including cognitive style, interpersonal style, conscious preoccupation, and impulse control. These processes have received little attention in studies on female-to-male transsexuals who have successfully negotiated the social barrier of cross-living to the extent that they are living the male role in a heterosexual relationship. No significant differences in the distribution of ego development scores were found between the transsexuals and the control males, or between the transsexuals' spouses and the control spouses. Over 93% of the transsexuals and their spouses scored above the conformist level of ego development. These findings are discussed in terms of some of the previous literature on conformist thinking by transsexuals.
对22名术后女变男的变性者及其与之共同生活一年或更长时间的配偶或伴侣的自我发展进行了调查。对这些变性者、他们的配偶以及一个由22对夫妇组成的对照组进行了华盛顿大学自我发展句子完成测试，这是一种对自我功能的投射性测量。自我发展是指个体赋予一种经历的意义框架。自我发展的结构包含一系列连贯的阶段，这些阶段整合了包括认知风格、人际风格、意识关注和冲动控制等各种参照框架。在成功跨越社会障碍以在异性恋关系中扮演男性角色的女变男变性者的研究中，这些过程很少受到关注。在变性者与对照男性之间，以及变性者的配偶与对照配偶之间，未发现自我发展分数分布存在显著差异。超过93%的变性者及其配偶的得分高于自我发展的从众水平。根据先前一些关于变性者从众思维的文献对这些发现进行了讨论。
