Tall order

Reports that short men are less prone to commit suicide than their taller peers, according to a study by psychologist Steven Stack of Wayne State University.
By Peter Doskoch, published on December 01, 1996

Short people got no reason to live," Randy Newman sang back in 1977. Itturns out he was wrong. Suicide, it seems, is one instance where short guys come out on top. Wayne State University sociologist Steven Stack, Ph.D., recently found that men under five feet six Inches tall commit suicide less often than their taller peers. The reason may he that the vertically challenged are prone to the Napoleon complex, developing mental defense mechanisms to compensate for what some might see as a tiny imperfection.

Edited by Peter Doskoch

Tags: commit suicide, defense mechanisms, five feet, height, imperfection, males, napoleon, randy newman, short, six inches, stack, suicide, university sociologist, wayne state university

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