Psychological aspects of the testicular feminization syndrome.

نویسندگان

  • E Negulici
  • D Christodorescu
  • S Alexandru
چکیده

Two cases of testicular feminization are reported, in sisters. One sister was hospitalized for a polymorphous neurotic reaction; the other was apparentlyhealthy, with certain masculinoid traits in her behavior. Certain aspects of the personality structures of intersexed individuals are discussed, with special reference to the testicular feminization syndrome and to the way in which psychosexual orientation develops in such cases. Deception of one's self-image (which in the case of testicular feminization is less stressing than in other intersexual states) may or may not induce neurosis, depending on the over-all characteristics of the subject's personality.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Psychosomatic medicine

دوره 30 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1968