A head above the rest: Height and adolescent psychological well-being

Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J.; Argys, Laura M.

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2009.04.002

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“…150 Most of the associations between stature and these measures may be accounted for by income and education. 150 Yet, even when controlling for socioeconomic position, adult height is inversely associated with lowered risk of depression and suicide 164 and demonstrates a positive association with psychological well-being, 165 although there may be gender differences in this association. 166 Adult height is positively correlated with higher IQ 167 and higher achievement in cognitive testing.…”

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Adult height, nutrition, and population health

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“…This impression is supported by a few studies (Deaton & Arora, 2009; Krayer, Ingledew, & Iphofen, 2008; Rees et al, 2009; Visser-van Balen, 2005). Contrary to this, the findings by Kelnar (2012) and Bjerkeset et al (2008) have not shown any association between shorter stature in adolescents/adults and their mental capacities.…”

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“…They may be more concerned about the difference in the height/weight of adolescents compared to those of their peers because it may have an effect on the adolescent’s emotional, social, sexual and reproductive performances and consequences. (Case & Paxson, 2008; Cheung et al, 2013; Deaton & Arora, 2009; Lee et al, 2009; Magnusson et al, 2005; Rees, Sabia, & Argys, 2009; Samaras, 2012; Balen, Sinnema, & Geenen, 2006; Balen et al, 2005). However, these associations could be related to other stressful stimuli (Bjerkeset, Romundstad, Evans, & Gunnell, 2008; Kelnar, 2012).…”

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Parents’ concerns regarding the growth characteristics of their adolescents: a qualitative inquiry in Iran

Cheraghi

Rezasoltani

Vedadhir

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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In recent times, parents have become increasingly concerned, both subjectively and objectively, about their adolescents' body height/weight growth. Parent-adolescent interactions about this issue and the potential socio-psychological consequences of such interactions should be considered as an important influencing factor on the future of adolescents' sexual and reproductive health. To achieve a greater understanding of such concerns, it is necessary to further elucidate parents' experiences on this topic, so as to expand the existing literature. This study aimed to explain the perceptions of parents' concerns regarding their adolescents' growth characteristics in the socio-cultural context of Iran as a transitional society. This paper is part of a larger qualitative study designed using the Constructivist Grounded Theory Methodology (CGTM). We conducted open-ended intensive interviews with eleven parents individually and recruited them through purposeful and theoretical sampling from a teaching hospital, community, and a primary school in Tehran with theoretical sampling variation in terms of teenagers' age, sex, and birth order, place of residence, parents' occupation and education, and the self-reported socio-economic status. Using the analytical procedures of the CGTM, we performed analyses. In the findings, the concept of 'living with constant sense of uncertainty' emerged from the subcategories including 'feeling existing and potential concern about expected minimum and maximum bio-positions of growth,' 'feeling potential concern about biological health consequences,' 'feeling potential concern about the emergence of early/late maturity signs,' 'feeling potential concern about adolescent's emotional threat,' 'feeling concerned about future employment, education, marriage, and fertility,' and 'feeling potential concern about the society's view'. These findings suggest that parents are living with a constant sense of uncertainty about their teens' growth characteristics throughout the transition from adolescence. All stakeholders including parents, health-care practitioners and policymakers, and anthropologists/sociologists should be focus on such concerns, in order to manage them and their possible socio-psychological burdens.

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“…The study by Rees, Sabia and Argys (2009) found in a sample of US adolescents the existence of a small height premium, in the form of fewer symptoms of depression. This was present only for older females (ages 17-19) but all males (ages 12-19).…”

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Are the Effects of Height on Well-Being a Tall Tale?

Denny

2016

J Happiness Stud

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Numerous papers have documented a positive association between height and good physical health and also with good economic outcomes such as earnings. A smaller number have argued for an association with well-being. In this paper, cross-country data from Europe is used to analyse whether individuals' height is associated with higher or lower levels of life-satisfaction. In simple models there is a positive but concave relationship between height and life satisfaction. However it is shown that the results are quite sensitive to the inclusion of controls reflecting demographics, human capital and health status. Where effects do exist, it is predominantly at low to medium levels of height.There is also evidence of heterogeneity across countries.

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A head above the rest: Height and adolescent psychological well-being

Cited by 37 publications

References 37 publications

Adult height, nutrition, and population health

Adult height, nutrition, and population health

Parents’ concerns regarding the growth characteristics of their adolescents: a qualitative inquiry in Iran

Are the Effects of Height on Well-Being a Tall Tale?

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