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Does fortune favour the bald? Psychological correlates of hair loss in males

Does fortune favour the bald? Psychological correlates of hair loss in males In order to investigate the relationship between male hair loss and psychological distress, 182 men were recruited who had a wide range of ages and hair loss varying from none to severe. Care was taken to ensure that hair loss and age were uncorrelated in the sample. Multiple regression was used to predict possible consequences of baldness, controlling for age, and examining the interaction between baldness and age to see if consequences were especially severe in cases of premature baldness. Increasing degrees of hair loss were associated with loss of selfesteem, depression, introversion, neuroticism and feeling unattractive. These effects were more marked for young men in the case of self‐esteem, introversion and feeling unattractive. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Journal of Psychology Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
1995 The British Psychological Society
ISSN
0007-1269
eISSN
2044-8295
DOI
10.1111/j.2044-8295.1995.tb02756.x
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Abstract

In order to investigate the relationship between male hair loss and psychological distress, 182 men were recruited who had a wide range of ages and hair loss varying from none to severe. Care was taken to ensure that hair loss and age were uncorrelated in the sample. Multiple regression was used to predict possible consequences of baldness, controlling for age, and examining the interaction between baldness and age to see if consequences were especially severe in cases of premature baldness. Increasing degrees of hair loss were associated with loss of selfesteem, depression, introversion, neuroticism and feeling unattractive. These effects were more marked for young men in the case of self‐esteem, introversion and feeling unattractive.

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British Journal of PsychologyWiley

Published: Aug 1, 1995

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