Schott R L
Arch Sex Behav. 1995 Jun;24(3):309-27. doi: 10.1007/BF01541602.
This article reports a survey of childhood experiences and family dynamics reported by a sample of 85 cross-dressing males drawn from the readership of a magazine for transvestites. The sample had a higher percentage of only children and eldest children compared to a national sample and also a much closer relationship with their mothers than with their fathers. Their identification as nuclear or marginal transvestites or transsexuals is related to the quality of the reported relationship with the mother, to the factors they identify as associated with their cross-dressing, and to their sexual orientation. Covert cross-dressers account for over three fourths of the subjects, but those who were overt (their cross-dressing openly encouraged by female family members) show significantly different patterns and distributions on several variables. A constellation of family and parental relationships is proposed--drawn in part from the insights of object relations and family systems theory--which may contribute to the development of transvestism.
本文报告了一项对85名异装男性的调查，这些男性来自一本针对异装癖者的杂志读者群，调查内容包括他们的童年经历和家庭动态。与全国样本相比，该样本中独生子女和长子的比例更高，而且他们与母亲的关系比与父亲的关系更为亲密。他们被认定为核心或边缘异装癖者或变性者，这与所报告的与母亲的关系质量、他们认为与自己异装相关的因素以及他们的性取向有关。隐蔽异装者占研究对象的四分之三以上，但那些公开异装的人（其异装行为得到女性家庭成员的公开鼓励）在几个变量上表现出显著不同的模式和分布。本文提出了一系列家庭和父母关系——部分借鉴了客体关系和家庭系统理论的见解——这些关系可能促使异装癖的形成。
