social explanation

• Research support - Zucker et al (1996)

  • 115 boys and their mothers
  • They were both interviewerd
  • 64% were the most uncomfortable with their gender and had an overly close relationship with their mother
  • This supports the idea of identification of a model can cause gender dsyphoria
• CB - there were methodoical problems to Zucher's study

  • There was no control group
  • It was not an experimental study
  • This suggest a cause and effect wasn't established