Psychological Personality Traits Assessed in 481 Transgender Groups Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Abstract

Abstract Objective: To explore the psychological characteristics of personality in transgender groups and whether these characteristics differ according to sociodemographic factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2021 and April 2023 at a psychosexual outpatient clinic in a Beijing psychiatric hospital. 481 individuals were included in this study, and demographic information was collected using a self-administered general information questionnaire, and psychological personality traits were administered using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Results: The mean scores of MtFs were higher than the male normals in all 10 clinical factors of the MMPI, and the differences were significant (P<0.01 or P<0.001). Both the Mf and D factors exceeded the clinical threshold (T>60) and were the highest and second highest in the entire scale profile; FtMs were significantly higher than female normals in Hy, Pd, and Ma (P<0.05, P<0.01 or P<0.001); There was a significant difference in the detection rate of abnormal values of different factors of MMPI (T>60) in gender, age and education (P<0.05, P<0.01 or P<0.001). Conclusion: MtFs may have a variety of psychological distress, especially the need to focus on the primary education, 25 years old and below the transgender female personality psychological development.