Bernstein S M, Steiner B W, Glaister J T, Muir C F
Am J Psychiatry. 1981 Jan;138(1):41-5. doi: 10.1176/ajp.138.1.41.
The authors studied the incidence of parental loss among 163 gender-disordered patients and an equal number of psychiatric control patients. An unusually high number of gender-disordered patients had lost their fathers, particularly during adolescence and early adulthood. Many of these patients showed shifts in gender identity in the year after loss, and during that period many requested surgical sex reassignment for the first time. Changes in the patient's relationship with the remaining parent and experiences related to loss of the father are discussed.
作者研究了163名性别错乱患者以及数量相同的精神科对照患者中父母丧亡的发生率。性别错乱患者中丧父的人数异常之多，尤其是在青春期和成年早期。许多这类患者在丧父后的一年内出现了性别认同的转变，且在此期间许多人首次请求进行性别重置手术。文中还讨论了患者与尚存父母关系的变化以及与丧父相关的经历。
