Maria Paluszny

The Michigan Gender Identity Test (MIGIT)

Summary This paper provides in detail the rationale, administration procedure, coding, and scoring of the Michigan Gender Identity Test (MIGIT). Included are instructions and scoring sheets to be used in administering the test. It is believed the MIGIT fills the need for an age-appropriate test for the assessment of gender identity in children over 18 months of age. The experimental use of the MIGIT is encouraged, with the view of further refining it and enhancing its potential as a research and clinical instrument.

Gender identity in a group of retarded children.

The Michigan Gender Identity Test (MGIT) was administered to 52 retarded and 36 normal children to assess the acquisition of gender identity. This instrument required the ability to sort and categorize photographs of boys and girls wearing conventional clothing and with conventional hair-styles. As part of the test, each child was expected to recognize a self-photo and to be able to categorize it as a boy or a girl. In general, a significant correlation was found between MGIT performance and mental age for the retarded children. The performance of the normal children correlated significantly with both chronological age and mental age.

Twinship in mythology and science: Ambivalence, differentiation, and the magical bond

Abstract This article has attempted to show parallels and continuities between mythological traditions dealing with twinship and modern scientific approaches that either study twinship itself or use twin studies to answer more general questions. We do not mean to imply that modern research on twins is just a continuation of mythological concepts. What we have tried to show is the continuity in some of the questions being asked and in some of the answers being given. The explanation we would like to offer here for these parallels is that there are common psychological elements in both mythological and scientific approaches to twinship. The two major elements are fascination and ambivalence. Fascination with twin births has always been combined with a great deal of apprehension and ambivalence. In both primitive and modern societies, multiple births have been viewed as a potential source of familial and social conflict and complication. The Old Testament mythological tradition, which emphasized competition and individuation in twin pairs, and the Greek mythological tradition, which emphasized fusion and intimacy, are both reflected in modern approaches to the study of twinship.

Queries That Mothers of Twins Put to Their Doctors

a local Mothers of Twins Club, but many questions will be directed to her pediatrician. Q. What are my chances of having twins again? A. When a woman has had twins once, her chances of having twins again are three to ten times greater .7 Fraternal twins are three times more likely to be born to mothers in the 35 to 40 age group than to mothers who are 20 to 24 years old. With identical twins, the incidence does not seem to be significantly affected by the mother’s age. The highest prevalence of twins is among the Yorubas of Nigeria, in whom twins occur in one of every 22 pregnancies. The opposite is true in Japan, where twins occur only once in 254 births. In the United States, twins occur once in 110 births in the white population, and somewhat more frequently in the black population. Geographic differences

Sexual Identity and Role in Children: How Do These Develop?

And 1 could wish my days to be Beyond each to each by nrztural piety -Wordsworth &dquo;There is a high consistency in the way a school-age child views his sexual role and the way an adult views it. The child’s formation of his sexual identity and role is influenced by many cultural factors and relationships from birth on. It is an integral part of his self-identity and in many areas of his daily life affects his behavior, his attitudes, and his beliefs.&dquo;