[The personality of children with weak posture]

An attempt is made on two groups of children with weak posture and of normal children aged 8 to 10 years to demonstrate a statistical link between fibrous tissue-weakness and certain psychological characteristics. In tests and observations of experiences and behavior of children one finds: Compared with the controls the children showing symptoms suffer psychosomatic changes. The cause is held to be not just increased psychomotor clumsiness, but their behavior pattern is essentially due to psychological pressure of their environment (parents, school, friends etc). This leads to: reduction self-confidence, increased experience of failure, hypercompensatory view of the self with strong criticism of others and again physical dysfunction. To offer treatment is not enough. We have to demand a spread of information, cooperative efforts of teachers , school-physicians and parents and education by team-work.