[Some tentative thoughts on the relation between growth and well-being (author's transl)].
3 girls, aged 18, retarded with respect to their bodily growth and normal development, were studied and treated psychologically. They all showed a number of specific behavioral features and problems which can be understood as consequences of their growth disturbance. In all three cases indications of an earlier childhood traumatisation were found. Bodily retardation was most advanced in the case of the girl who showed most significant signs of psychic disturbances, and who at an earliest age was compelled to cope with psychological losses. The hypothesis is that early psychic traumata can impede the normal process of physical growth.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests
Vermutungen über Zusammenhänge zwischen Wachstum and Wohlbefinden. Psychische Probleme bei 3 jungen Mädchen mit Körperlichem Entwicklungsrückstand.