The Gender Self-Report: A multidimensional gender characterization tool for gender-diverse and cisgender youth and adults.

Researchers created a new questionnaire called the Gender Self-Report (GSR) to better understand how people experience gender identity. They tested it with over 1,600 people of different ages and backgrounds, including many autistic individuals. The tool uses simple language that everyone can understand and measures different aspects of gender identity. It works well for both autistic and non-autistic people, and for those who identify as transgender, non-binary, or cisgender.

Researchers developed the Gender Self-Report (GSR), a 30-item multidimensional tool to assess gender identity across diverse populations. The study involved 1,654 participants aged 10-77 years, including approximately 33% gender diverse, 33% cisgender sexual minority, and 33% cisgender heterosexual individuals, with over 33% being autistic. Through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, two stable factors emerged: femininity/masculinity composite and another factor transformed based on designated sex at birth. The tool demonstrated good internal reliability and validity, with 26 of 30 hypothesized validation comparisons confirmed.

The GSR was specifically designed to be accessible to both autistic and non-autistic individuals, avoiding complex gender terminology while characterizing diverse populations across continuous multidimensional binary and nonbinary gender traits.

The GSR provides clinicians with an accessible, validated tool for assessing gender identity in diverse populations, including autistic individuals. This addresses a significant gap in gender assessment tools and may improve clinical understanding and support for gender-diverse clients across different neurotypes and developmental stages.

The abstract does not specify the exact sample size, detailed demographic characteristics, or specific validation measures used. No information about test-retest reliability or long-term stability is provided. The study design type is not clearly indicated.

Gender identity is a core component of human experience, critical to account for in broad health, development, psychosocial research, and clinical practice. Yet, the psychometric characterization of gender has been impeded due to challenges in modeling the myriad gender self-descriptors, statistical power limitations related to multigroup analyses, and equity-related concerns regarding the accessibility of complex gender terminology. Therefore, this initiative employed an iterative multi-community-driven process to develop the Gender Self-Report (GSR), a multidimensional gender characterization tool, accessible to youth and adults, nonautistic and autistic people, and gender-diverse and cisgender individuals. In Study 1, the GSR was administered to 1,654 individuals, sampled through seven diversified recruitments to be representative across age (10-77 years), gender and sexuality diversity (∼33% each gender diverse, cisgender sexual minority, cisgender heterosexual), and autism status (> 33% autistic).

A random half-split subsample was subjected to exploratory factor analytics, followed by confirmatory analytics in the full sample. Two stable factors emerged:and(FMC). FMC was transformed tobased on designated sex at birth to reduce collinearity with designated sex at birth. Differential item functioning by age and autism status was employed to reduce item-response bias.

Factors were internally reliable. Study 2 demonstrated the construct, convergent, and ecological validity of GSR factors. Of the 30 hypothesized validation comparisons, 26 were confirmed. The GSR provides a community-developed gender advocacy tool with 30 self-report items that avoid complex gender-related "insider" language and characterize diverse populations across continuous multidimensional binary and nonbinary gender traits. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).