Psychology of Gender Identity
Intro -- PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER IDENTITY: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER IDENTITY: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVEON PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER IDENTITY -- Chapter 1: BIOBEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ON HUMAN SEXUAL ORIENTATION -- ABSTRACT -- PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION -- Genetics -- Sexual Differentiation of the Developing Brain and Sexual Orientation in Humans -- SOMATIC AND ANTHROPOMETRIC MARKERS -- NEUROANATOMY -- NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES AND FUNCTIONAL CEREBRAL ASYMMETRY -- Prenatal Androgen Theory -- Maternal Immunisation Theory -- Prenatal Stress and Developmental Instability Accounts -- CONCLUSIONS: THE BIOBEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: PERSONAL BELIEF, PERCEPTION AND GENDER IDENTITY -- ABSTRACT -- THE CONCEPT OF GENDER IDENTITY: TOWARD MULTIFACTORIAL AND TRANSCENDENT THEORIES -- SOCIAL COGNITION: A PRIMER -- THE SOCIAL COGNITION OF GENDER: GENDER IDENTITY AND GENDER SCHEMATICITY -- THE GENDER BELIEF SYSTEM: GENDER AS INTERACTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER IDENTITY: TIMETABLES AND INFLUENCES -- ABSTRACT -- DEFINING TERMINOLOGY -- TIMETABLES OF GENDER ROLE DEVELOPMENT -- Theoretical Standpoints -- Psychoanalytic Theory -- Evolutionary Theory -- Social Interactionist Theory -- Group Socialization Theory -- Social Cognitive Theory -- Gender Schema Theory -- Gender Identity Influences -- Biology -- Parents -- Peers -- Media Messages -- PROMOTING HEALTHY GENDER IDENTITY IN CHILDREN -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: MALE HOMOSEXUALITY, GENDER IDENTITY AND SIBLING SEX RATIO -- ABSTRACT -- SIBLING SEX RATIO IN HOMOSEXUAL MEN -- BOGAERT (2004-A) -- Samples -- Sibling Variables -- Sexual Attraction -- Results