Document Type : Original Article
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M. A. in psychology, Elementary school teacher, Ahvaz education office zone 1, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
The Objective of this survey was to analyze and compare personality characteristics and the mental health in people suffering from gender identity disorder and normal people. The sample volume included 80 people. 40 (20 females and 20 males) were suffering from gender identity disorder, and the other 40 people (20 females and 20 males) were normal selected using purposive and convenient nonrandom sampling methods respectively. The two Personality Traits and Mental Health questionnaires were applied to collect the data. Using multi-variance analysis, the results indicate that there is a significant relationship between personality characteristics and mental health in people suffering from gender identity disorder and normal people. A significant relationship was observed between personality patterns and prevalence of mental impairments in people suffering from gender identity disorder and normal people in neuroticism (p<0.01), extraversion (p<0.01), agreeableness (p<0.01), conscientiousness (p<0.006), anxiety (p<0.01), interpersonal sensitivity (p<0.01), depression (p<0.01), and paranoid imagination (p<0.01) indexes respect; but no significant differences were observed in Openness (delicacy), psychosis, obsession and compulsion, fear, embodiment and enmity respect .
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