Gender dysphoria in adolescence: current perspectives

Abstract

Background: The end phase of the development stage of adolescents should have matured themselves in understanding gender roles in accordance with their sexual roles. Gender dysphoria occurs when adolescents experience sexual identity disorders which experience confusion over gender roles that are contrary to their sexual roles, so that they tend to like the same sex. Research Objectives: To identify gender dysphoria in senior high school students in Samarinda City. Methods: A descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach to 322 students in the city of Samarinda which was taken using a non-probability sampling technique: cluster random sampling. The instrument used was the Gender Dysphoria Test from psycom, through online filling. Results: Students who experienced severe-gender dysphoria were 7.8% and mild-GD around 92.2%. More women (9.3%) experienced strong gender dysphoria than men (4.2%). There are 1.2% students who want to change their gender and 7.8% of students who do not like secondary sex characteristics at this time. Conclusion: Severe-Gender dysphoria high school students has a small prevalence, GD can occur because biological or psychosocial factors can be seen from the desire and comfort of being a different gender than it should be.