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Assessment name: Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale-Gender Spectrum (UGDS-GS) Scale overview: The revised UGDS-GS is an 18-item instrument using gender-neutral language. Researchers can use this updated measure with a person of any gender identity and expression. Authors : Jenifer K. McGuire and others. See McGuire et al. (2020) below. Response Type: Five-point rating scale of agreement. Scale items-Examples 1. I prefer to behave like my affirmed gender. 2. Every time someone treats me like my assigned sex I fell hurt. Psychometric properties The UGDS-GS was evaluated in three gender groups: cisgender, binary transgender, and nonbinary/genderqueer. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis are included in the article indicating that the current 18-item scale is better than an earlier version. Item means and SDs are in Table 2. Availability : See Table 1 of McGuire et al. (2020) for a list of the 18 items. Author contact: jmcguire@umn.edu References for the scale 1. Mc...

  Gender Identity/ Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire for Adolescents and Adults (GIDYQ-AA) The GIDYQ-AA is a 27-item scale with separate versions for females and males. Format : Each item is rated on a 5-point scale based on the past 12-months. The rating text is as follows (along with numerical score): Always (coded as 1), Often (2), Sometimes (3), Rarely (4), or Never (5). Versions There are two version: a female and a male version. Sample Items    Female 1. In the past 12 months, have you felt satisfied being a woman? 2. In the past 12 months, have you felt uncertain about your gender, that is, feeling somewhere inbetween a woman and a man?    Male 3. In the past 12 months, have you felt pressured by others to be a man, although you don't really feel like one?   Permission to use the questionnaire Contact the publisher (Taylor & Francis) and corresponding author (Ken_Zucker@camh.net) T...