Docter R F, Prince V
Department of Psychology, California State University, Northridge 91330-8255, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 1997 Dec;26(6):589-605. doi: 10.1023/a:1024572209266.
One thousand and thirty-two male periodic cross-dressers (transvestites) responded to an anonymous survey patterned after Prince and Bentler's (1972) report. With few exceptions, the findings are closely related to the 1972 survey results. Eighty-seven percent described themselves as heterosexual. All except 17% had married and 60% were married at the time of this survey. Topics surveyed included demographic, childhood, and family variables, sexual orientation and sexual behavior, cross-gender identity, cross-gender role behavior, future plans to live entirely as a woman, and utilization of counseling or mental health services. Of the present sample, 45% reported seeking counseling compared to 24% of the 1972 survey, and those reporting strong transsexual inclinations were up by 5%. Today's transvestites strongly prefer both their masculine and feminine selves equally. A second research objective was to identify variables discriminating between so-called Nuclear (stable, periodic cross-dressers) and Marginal transvestites (more transgendered or transsexually inclined); 10 strongly discriminating parameters were found. The most important are (i) cross-gender identity, (ii) commitment to live entirely as a woman, (iii) taking steps toward body feminization, (iv) low sexual arousal to cross-dressing. Neither age nor experience as a cross-dresser were found to be correlates of cross-gender identity. Although the present generation of transvestites describe themselves much as did similar subjects 20 years ago, the percentage migrating toward full-time living as a woman is greater.
1032名男性周期性易装者（异装癖者）对一项仿照普林斯和本特勒（1972年）报告设计的匿名调查做出了回应。几乎毫无例外，调查结果与1972年的调查结果密切相关。87%的人将自己描述为异性恋。除17%的人外，其他人都已结婚，在本次调查时，60%的人处于已婚状态。调查的主题包括人口统计学、童年及家庭变量、性取向和性行为、跨性别身份、跨性别角色行为、完全以女性身份生活的未来计划以及咨询或心理健康服务的使用情况。在当前样本中，45%的人报告寻求过咨询，而1972年调查中的这一比例为24%，报告有强烈易性癖倾向的人增加了5%。如今的异装癖者同样强烈地喜欢自己男性和女性的身份。第二个研究目标是确定区分所谓的核心异装癖者（稳定的、周期性易装者）和边缘异装癖者（更具跨性别或易性癖倾向）的变量；发现了10个具有强烈区分性的参数。最重要的是：（i）跨性别身份，（ii）完全以女性身份生活的决心，（iii）采取使身体女性化的措施，（iv）对异装的性唤起较低。未发现年龄和异装经历与跨性别身份相关。尽管当代异装癖者对自己的描述与20年前的类似受试者大致相同，但向全职以女性身份生活转变的比例更高。
