Obsessional thinking and autistic traits are each uniquely associated with greater traits of gender dysphoria in clinical and nonclinical adult samples.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research has demonstrated a strong relationship between autism and gender dysphoria (GD) and that this relationship could be explained by obsessional interests which are characteristic of autism. However, these studies often measured obsessions using either single items which questions the reliability of the findings, or within autistic trait measures meaning the findings may simply index a more general relationship between autistic traits and GD. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the relationships between obsessional thoughts and traits of GD using a measure of obsessional thoughts alongside a measure of autistic traits, which was investigated in both non-clinical and clinical samples.

Methods

A total of 145 non-clinical participants took part in

SUBMITTER: Mears K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11916952 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature