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Article: Studies from University of Hong Kong in the area of sexuality described.
- Article from:
- Psychology & Psychiatry Journal
- Article date:
- December 6, 2008
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According to a study from Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, "Hill and Willoughby's (Sex Roles, 53:531-544, 2005) Genderism and Transphobia Scale (GTS), originally developed in Canada, was examined with a Hong Kong sample. Undergraduate students, 82 female and 121 male (total n=203), completed a Chinese version of the instrument."
"Overall scores and factor structure of the Hong Kong sample were compared with Hill and Willoughby's Canadian data. Gender differences in transphobia were investigated, both in terms of the participants' gender as well as the gender of the gender variant persons to whom GTS items referred. Transphobia was higher in Hong Kong than ...