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Adaptation of transsexuals after sex reassignment
Bartas, Bert ; Morgensternová, Monika (referee) ; Weiss, Petr (advisor)
The aim of this study was to examine the adaptation of transsexual patients, both Female-to-Male and Male-to-Female after the sex reassignment surgery and during the whole therapeutical process from the moment they asked for the sex change. A series of three questionnaires designed for this special purpose was distributed among the patients who underwent sexual reassignment surgery during a decade 1997 - 2006. It was filled out by 71 respondents in total, 52 FtM and 19 MtF. We extracted the questions relevant to the topic, i.e. adaptation to the new body scheme, to the (formally) new sexual identity, satisfaction or regret, presence of psychopathology, adaptation in personal life, sexual life, in family, in the social environment, in occupation and analyzed them. Additionally we made some descriptive statistic of the examined population. We found out, that the satisfaction rate is extremely high, as well as the adaptation to their new body scheme and formally new sexual identity. We observed also good adaptation in personal life, in dyadic relationships, in sexual life, family and social environment. However we had also to admit that there was a difference between the two subgroups - especially in dyadic relationships, in sexual life and in social environment the MtF transsexuals were doing worse. One...
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