Abstract
This study compares the psychological findings in three groups of dwarfed children and adolescents, namely those suffering from isolated growth-hormone deficiency, from multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies, and without endocrine disease. The study is based on psychometric data from one multifactorial intelligence test and several personality questionnaires. It was found that growth hormone deficiency had no impact on the psychological variables.
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Neben klinischem Merkmal wurden die psychologischen Befunde bei drei Gruppen minderwüchsiger Kinder und Jugendlicher mit entweder isoliertem STH-Mangel, multiplem Hypophysenhormonmangel bzw. ohne endokrine Störung verglichen. Die Studie basiert auf psychometrischen Daten, die mit einem mehrfaktoriellen Intelligenztest sowie mehreren Persönlichkeitsfragebögen ermittelt wurden. Es zeigte sich, daß ein isolierter STH-Mangel keine Auswirkung auf die erfaßten psychologischen Variablen hatte.
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Steinhausen, H.C., Stahnke, N. Negative impact of growth-hormone deficiency on psychological functioning in dwarfed children and adolescents. Eur J Pediatr 126, 263–270 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00477052
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