Stigma, Intrusiveness, and Distress in Parents of Children with a Disorder/Difference of Sex Development.
Katherine A TrainoCaroline M RobertsRachel S FisherAlexandria M DelozierPaul F AustinLaurence S BaskinYee-Ming ChanEarl Y ChengDavid A DiamondAllyson J FriedBradley KroppYegappan LakshmananSabrina Z MeyerTheresa MeyerCindy BuchananBlake W PalmerAlethea ParadisKristy J ReyesAmy TishelmanPierre WilliotCortney Wolfe-ChristensenElizabeth B YerkesLarry L MullinsAmy B WisniewskiPublished in: Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP (2022)
Parents who experience DSD-related stigma report greater interference of their child's DSD into their daily activities, which is associated with poorer psychosocial adjustment. Findings support developing clinical interventions related to parents' perceptions of stigma and illness intrusiveness to improve parent adjustment.