Why do some children of short stature develop psychologically well while others have problems?

Why do some children of short stature develop psychologically well while others have problems?

The present paper addresses the question: why do some children of short stature develop psychologically well while others have problems? Based on the work of Wallander and Varni, a model is presented to illustrate risk as well as resistance factors that are important for children of short stature. It is suggested that important risk factors for the psychological adjustment of children of short ...

Why do some orthodontic treatments last so long while others do not?

Social Learning with Payoff Externality: Why Some Learn While Others Do Not

This paper studies a model of social learning with externalities and possibly with limited observability of past actions. Bayesian agents sequentially choose an action each, after observing the actions of a subset of preceding agents. These actions and a private signal, conditionally independent across agents, supply information about the common state of the world. Each agent’s payoff depends o...

Why do some overweight children remain overweight, whereas others do not?

OBJECTIVE To study the dynamics of childhood overweight and the influence of dietary intake on tracking of overweight. DESIGN AND SETTING A follow-up study conducted in China. SUBJECTS Ninety-five overweight children, 6-13 years old, identified from 1455 children at baseline, were followed over a 2-year period. METHODS Data on anthropometry and 3-day dietary intake were collected at basel...

Understanding the Paradox in Math-Related Fields: Why Do Some Gender Gaps Remain While Others Do Not?

Despite the ubiquity of harmful math attitudes that disadvantage girls, girls are now performing just as well as boys in math in the U.S. (Hyde et al. 1990; Hyde et al. 2008). At the same time, stark gender disparities remain in who chooses to pursue math-related careers (National Science Foundation 2009). Why have gender disparities persisted in some math-related domains but not others? I sugg...