between normals (both male and female) and transvestites in their conception of themselves and of their bodies in relation to others of the same and opposity sexes. As one means of doing this he used a test based on semantics (the science of the meaning of words) whereby the relationships between the individual and some other person or thing was measured in terms of how the individ- ual rated various descriptive words or concepts as being closely related to himself or distantly related. Indentifi- cation with both parents could be measured by how various descriptive adjectives were evaluated when applied to the self and to the mother and father. other psychological tests were also used in the work.

Various

Several hypotheses were advanced beforehand and then the actual results compared. The basic hypotheses under examination were as follows:

That the sexual identity of normal males and 1. A.females is reflected in the meanings attached by them to the concept "My Body"

B. That it is also reflected in their concepts of self--"The Kind of Person I AM".

11. A. That Transvestites will have different responses to both of these concepts of self as compared to normal males.

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That TVs would show less correlation between body images and self concepts than normals. That in both body image and self comcepts-- A. Normal males will identify with the father mother

B.

females

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C. TVs. will identify more closely with mother than with father.

Results

Hypothesis I. Normal males and females were found to differ in their concept of My Body" but not

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in the concept, "The Kind of Person I Am".

Hypothesis II. Normal males and transvestites did vary significantly in their concepts both of "Body" and "Self". While not a part of the hypothesis, a comparison was made between the TVs and the fe- male controls on both counts and there was a sig- nificant different to "Body" but not to "Self".

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