Factor affecting on gender identity disorder among Saudi’s Women

Abstract

Gender Identity Disorder GID has negative psychological and social effects on individuals and society, its spread has led to the emergence of strange behaviors in the Arab community in general, and in school and university settings. For Arab societies, including Saudi Arabia, there is insufficient information on the prevalence of GID. The study attempted to determine the prevalence rates of GID, and the difference in GID using some demographic variables (age, economic status, Gregorian ordinal number of family members), determine the difference between abused and non-abused women. the GID Scale was used on a sample of (799) Saudi Women’s, their ages ranged between (18-29) with an average age of 75.24, a standard deviation of 37.9. The result showed prevalence of gender identity disorder according to the age variable24.75, In terms of economic level, the average prevalence of GID was 24.75, Regarding the Gregorian order, it showed that the mean prevalence of gender identity disorder was 24.75, In terms of family size, it showed that the mean prevalence of GID was 24.75, In addition to that there are no significant differences between abused and non-abused women, both in the overall degree of gender identity disorder and in the subdimensions.