ABSTRACT
Hypopituitarism affects approximately 15,000 children in the United States. These children have slow growth due to growth hormone deficiency, either secondary to insufficient hypothalamic stimulation of the pituitary or pituitary gland malfunction (Owen & Root, 1979). Growth, although slow, is proportionate and there are no deforming or unusual features. Intelligence is not thought to be affected, but academic achievement is often poor. Affectively, hypopituitary children are described as having low self-concept resulting from the consequences of short stature and over-protective, restrictive child-rearing practices. An investigation of the relationship of academic achievement to the intellectual functioning and affective conditions of hypopituitary children constitutes the primary focus of this study.
