Erling A, Wiklun I, Albertsson Wikland K
International Pediatric Growth Research Centre, Department of Psychology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Acta Paediatr. 2002;91(9):966-71. doi: 10.1080/080352502760272678.
To examine the relationship between growth hormone (GH) and psychological functioning, especially self-perception and well-being, in 60 prepubertal boys of short stature with a wide range of GH levels.
A comparison was made of the well-being and self-perception of children with GH insufficiency, children with idiopathic short stature (ISS), a normative sample and healthy boys with normal stature.
Children with GH insufficiency had a more negative perception of their own physical appearance than the normative sample. They perceived themselves as more alert but also more inhibited than both the children with ISS and the healthy boys with normal stature. In comparison with the healthy boys with normal stature they perceived themselves as having more stability. The parents of the boys with GH insufficiency also perceived their children as being more stable compared with how the parents of boys with ISS perceived their children. To elucidate the effects of GH on psychological functioning a multiple regression analysis was performed.
The lower the levels of GH the more inhibited were the boys of short stature, as perceived both by themselves and by their parents. The boys with GH insufficiency had a more negative perception of their physical appearance than the normative sample.
研究生长激素（GH）水平范围广泛的60名青春期前身材矮小男孩的生长激素与心理功能之间的关系，尤其是自我认知和幸福感。
对生长激素缺乏症儿童、特发性身材矮小（ISS）儿童、正常样本以及身材正常的健康男孩的幸福感和自我认知进行比较。
生长激素缺乏症儿童对自己外貌的认知比正常样本更消极。他们觉得自己比ISS儿童和身材正常的健康男孩更机警，但也更内向。与身材正常的健康男孩相比，他们觉得自己更沉稳。生长激素缺乏症男孩的父母也认为自己的孩子比ISS男孩的父母所认为的孩子更沉稳。为阐明生长激素对心理功能的影响，进行了多元回归分析。
生长激素水平越低，身材矮小的男孩在自我认知和父母认知中表现得越内向。生长激素缺乏症男孩对自己外貌的认知比正常样本更消极。
