Motives for choosing growth-enhancing hormone treatment in adolescents with idiopathic short stature: a questionnaire and structured interview study

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.

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