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In the clinical field of autism, puberty or adolescence is a critical period. The psychosexual development of autistic children during adolescence was investigated, especially from the viewpoint of establishing gender identity formation. Some problems are proposed: the difficulty of establishing gender role identity during preadolescence, control of the growing sexual drive, perverse behavior, obsessiveness about body image, and the difficulty of establishing a relationship with a sexual partner. Psychosexual development is thought to be facilitated through the influence of interpersonal relationships. Hence it is a difficult task for autistic children to establish gender identity.
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Kobayashi, R. (1996). Psychosexual Development of Autistic Children During Adolescence. In: Shimizu, M. (eds) Recent Progress in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68525-8_2
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