Congenital adrenal hyperplasia. II: Gender-related behavior and attitudes in female salt-wasting and simple-virilizing patients

Psychoneuroendocrinology
R W DittmannH Wallis

Abstract

The salt-wasting (SW) and simple-virilizing (SV) forms of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are characterized by distinct prenatal hormonal milieus. To test whether these hormonal milieus differentially influence the development of a "more masculine" behavioral pattern in female CAH patients (Dittmann et al., 1990), SW patients (N = 13) were compared both to SV patients (N = 20) and healthy sisters of both groups (N = 16). The data are based on semi-structured interviews in which subjects (11-41 yr) and mothers were asked about aspects of "Gender-related interests and behavior," "Level of activity," "Social behavior," (reflecting e.g., assertiveness, dominance, and acceptance by peer groups) and "Appearance"; these areas of interest were represented by composite scales. On most scales, and by both mother-assessment and self-assessment, SW patients differed significantly from both SV patients and sisters in having a "more masculine" orientation. SW patients also showed a higher "Level of activity." These SW group results probably account for much of the CAH/sister differences reported in the companion article (Dittmann et al., 1990). In contrast, SV patients differed from the sister sample on only a few scales. There were no ...Continue Reading

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