Gender cognition in transgender children.

Question 1

Author

Answer 1

Olson, K. R., Key, A. C., & Eaton, N. R.

Question 2

Title

Answer 2

Gender cognition in transgender children.

Question 3

Method

Answer 3

used implicit and explicit measures of gender cognition (IAT and self reports)

compared the gender cognition of transgender children to that of cisgender children

Question 4

results

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Transgender children’s implicit associations (from IAT) and explicit preferences aligned with their expressed gender

Transgender children showed patterns of gender cognition nearly identical to cisgender children

transgender children consistently identified and behaved in ways consistent with their expressed gender identity.

Question 5

research question

Answer 5

Do transgender children’s gender identities and preferences align with their expressed gender (the gender they identify as) or their assigned sex at birth?