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Size Matters Stature Is Related to Diagnoses of Depression in Young Military Men
- Source :
- SAGE Open, Vol 4 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publishing, 2014.
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Abstract
- Evolutionary theories suggest that depression has evolved as an adaptation to insurmountable adversity or defeat. One prediction stemming from these models is that individual attributes associated with defeat in a given social environment could be risk factors for depression. We hypothesized that in young military men, where physical prowess was important, short stature might constitute a risk of depression and that this risk would be specific to depression and not to other prevalent mental disorders such as anxiety. A preliminary analysis of the diagnostic profile of a sample of male military personnel treated for mental health indicates that men both shorter and taller than average by 1 standard deviation may be predisposed to higher rates of depressive but not anxiety disorders. Practical and theoretical implications of our findings are discussed.
- Subjects :
- History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
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Social Sciences
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21582440
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- SAGE Open
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.9a867efb40b4b70a0ccf6d489d7ebac
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244014542783