Hypothesis III. There was more discrepancy found be- tween the concepts of "Body" and "Self" within the TV group than in the normal male control group.

Hypothesis 1V. On the basis of "Body Image", normals will show greater identification with the parent of the same sex. This was found to be true. It was also found that TVs identified less strongly with their fathers than the normals. At the same time it was found that although normal females did identify with the mother more than the father in terms of body image, this identification was not nearly as strong as that of normal males for father.

In terms of concept of "Self", on the other hand, none of the hypothesis were supported. That is, none of the three groups identified more closely with one parent than the other.

In discussing these results I think it will to quote directly the investigator's own conclusions.

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1. While meanings associated with the self-concept did not differentiate normal males and females, the groups were differentiayed when the body image was used as a stimulus.

2.

"Male subjects with disturbed sexual identities (he is referring to the TVs) differed markedly from normal males in both self concept and body image mean- ings, and were significantly different from normal fe- males in terms of body image meanings."

3. "The parental identifications of the normal males and females were not revealed when the self concept was used as the stimulus. However, the normal males and females did identify closer to their same-sexed parent when the body image aspects of identification were elicited."

4.

"Individuals with a disturbed sexual identity identified closer to the opposite-sexed parent in terms of body image identification, but did not reveal a significant pattern of parental identification when the self concept was elicited."

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