Transgender Individuals among an Online Adult Baby Diaper Lover Community Sample - An Exploratory Study

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Transgender Individuals among an Online Adult

Baby Diaper Lover Community Sample: An

Exploratory Study

Elizabeth Gibson

Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Running Head: TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS AMONG AN ABDL ONLINE

COMMUNITY

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Transgender Individuals among an Online Adult Baby Diaper Lover Community Sample: An

Exploratory Study

By

Elizabeth Gibson

A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirements for Degree of

Masters of Arts

In

Clinical Psychology

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

May 2018

TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS AMONG AN ABDL ONLINE COMMUNITY 2

April 9, 2018

Transgender Individuals among an Online Adult Baby Diaper Lover Community Sample: An

Exploratory Study

Elizabeth Gibson

This thesis has been examined and approved by the following members of the student’s

committee.

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Dr. Eric Sprankle, Adviser

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Dr. Brian Zamboni, Committee Member

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Dr. Jeffrey Brown, Committee Member

TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS AMONG AN ABDL ONLINE COMMUNITY 3

Table of Contents

Abstract .....................................................................................................................................4

Introduction ................................................................................................................................5

Literature Review.......................................................................................................................5-14

Fetish/Paraphilia History........................................................................................................7

Transgender History...............................................................................................................8

Purpose ................................................................................................................................13

Methods...............................................................................................................................15-21

Participants..........................................................................................................................15

Measures..............................................................................................................................16

Procedure ............................................................................................................................20

Results.................................................................................................................................21-25

Discussion ................................................................................................................................25

References................................................................................................................................30

Appendix A ..............................................................................................................................34

Appendix B...............................................................................................................................38

Appendix C...............................................................................................................................44