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In 2018, evolutionary psychologist Mark van Vugt and his team at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam found evidence for the Napoleon complex in human males. Researchers at the university found that men who were 1.63 metres (5 ft 4 in) were 50% more likely to show signs of jealousy than men who were 1.98 metres (6 ft 6 in). Ībraham Buunk, a professor at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, claimed to have found evidence of the small man syndrome. The study was controlled for potential effects of gender and socioeconomic status, and found that "no significant differences in personality functioning or aspects of daily living were found which could be attributable to height" this functioning included generalizations associated with the Napoleon complex, such as risk-taking behaviours. The Wessex Growth Study is a community-based longitudinal study conducted in the UK that monitored the psychological development of children from school entry to adulthood. University of Central Lancashire lecturer Mike Eslea commented that "when people see a short man being aggressive, they are likely to think it is due to his size, simply because that attribute is obvious and grabs their attention." Heart monitors revealed that the taller men were more likely to lose their tempers and hit back. The experiment involved subjects dueling each other with sticks, with one subject deliberately rapping the other's knuckles. The study discovered that short men were less likely to lose their temper than men of average height. In 2007, research by the University of Central Lancashire suggested that the Napoleon complex (described in terms of the theory that shorter men are more aggressive to dominate those who are taller than they are) is likely to be a myth. Other names for the purported condition include Napoleonic complex, Napoleon syndrome and Short man syndrome. Napoleon was often seen with his Imperial Guard, which contributed to the perception of his being short because the Imperial Guards were tall men. Other historians assert that he was 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 metres) because he was measured on a British island 28 years after the French adopted the metric system.
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According to some historians, he was actually 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 metres) tall, an inch or so above the period's average adult male height, depending on the source chosen. In 1803, he was mocked in British newspapers as a short-tempered small man. This view was fostered and encouraged by the British, who waged a propaganda campaign to diminish their enemy in print and art, during his life and after his death. Common folklore supposes that Napoleon compensated for his lack of height by seeking power, war, and conquest.
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Shorter people have stronger feelings of vulnerability and higher levels of paranoia, according to experts.The Napoleon complex is named after Napoleon, the first Emperor of the French. In the past, researchers at Oxford University found that “ Short Man Syndrome” was an actual phenomenon that people often call the “Napoleon Complex.” MORE NEWS: 'The Whole World Is Going To See It': Art From Nebinger Elementary Students To Be Featured On National Christmas Tree Scientists associate men who consider themselves less masculine with a syndrome known as “male discrepancy stress,” which was correlated with the tendency to be more aggressive. READ MORE: Temple University Student Samuel Sean Collington Killed In Off-Campus Shooting In North Philadelphia READ MORE: Shooting In Southwest Philadelphia Leaves 4 Men Injured, Police SayĪ study by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention observed 600 men between the ages of 18 to 50 and learned that men who feel less masculine are three times more likely to have committed violent assaults or criminal acts. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A new study has found that people that are shorter tend to be angrier and more violent than people that are tall.