Premium
Does fortune favour the bald? Psychological correlates of hair loss in males
Author(s) -
Wells Pamela A.,
Willmoth Trevor,
Russell Robin J. H.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1995.tb02756.x
Subject(s) - psychology , neuroticism , hair loss , extraversion and introversion , feeling , distress , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , audiology , personality , social psychology , big five personality traits , dermatology , medicine , macroeconomics , economics
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.