A retrospective study of childhood gender-atypical behavior in Samoan Fa'afafine
A retrospective study of childhood gender-atypical behavior in Samoan Fa'afafine
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DOI：
10.1007/s10508-006-9055-1
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Vasey, Paul L.
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作者：
Bartlett, Nancy H.;Vasey, Paul L.
主要在西方文化中进行的回溯性研究表明，童年时期的跨性别行为强烈预示着成年男性的男性恋倾向。为了测试这些发现的跨文化有效性，我们对独立萨摩亚的法法芬进行了一项研究。Fa‘afafine是一群不同种类的男性，他们中的一些人并不是特别的男性化，但他们中的大多数在成年后表现出了女性的行为方式。共有53名FA‘afafine、27名对照男子和24名对照妇女参加。参与者被问及他们在童年时采取典型的女性和男性行为的频率。结果表明，与男性相比，法法芬和女性回忆起的童年时期参与的女性典型行为显著多于男性典型行为，而男性典型行为显著少于男性。FA‘afafine回忆的女性典型和男性典型行为与女性没有显著差异。这些结果表明，男性在童年时的性别不典型行为与成年后的男性恋之间的关系并不是西方社会独有的，可能是大多数以男性化为主的男性所共有的跨文化普遍的性心理发展模式。
Retrospective studies, mostly conducted in Western cultures, indicate that childhood cross-gender behaviors are strongly predictive of androphilia in adult men. To test the cross-cultural validity of these findings, we conducted a study of fa' afafine in Independent Samoa. Fa'afafine are a heterogeneous group of androphilic males, some of whom are unremarkably masculine, but most of whom behave in a feminine manner in adulthood. A total of 53 fa' afafine, 27 control men, and 24 control women participated. Participants were asked how often they engaged in female- and male-typical behaviors in childhood. Results demonstrated that fa' afafine and women recalled engaging in significantly more female-typical behaviors and significantly fewer male-typical behaviors in childhood compared to the men. Fa' afafine's recalled female-typical and male-typical behaviors did not differ significantly from those of women. These results suggest that the relationship in males between gender-atypical behavior in childhood and adult androphilia is not unique to Western societies and may be a cross-culturally universal pattern of psychosexual development shared by most males who are predominantly androphilic.