Table 5

Classification of adolescents based on motives

Parental reports

Self-reports

Height-related stressors

Worries about future prospects

Behavioral problems

Psychosocial problems

Group 1 (n = 4)

-

-

-

-

Group 2a (n = 3)

-

+

-

-

Group 2b (n = 4)

+

-

-

-

Group 2c (n = 4)

+

+

-

-

Group 3a (n = 4)

-

+

+

-

Group 3b (n = 7)

+

+

+

-

Group 4a (n = 6)

-

-

-

+

Group 4b (n = 2)

-

-

+

+

The presence or absence of a motive is indicated by '+' and '-', respectively; motives include parental reports of the presence of height-related stressors (being teased or juvenilized), worries about future prospects (finding a spouse or job), and behavioral problems (internalizing or externalizing problems), and self-reporting of psychosocial problems (anxiety, low self-worth, or depressive mood). The four missing cases are due to one of the classifying variables being missing.

Visser – van Balen et al. BMC Pediatrics 2005 5:15   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-5-15