The first model (dashed arrows) predicts that popularity among boys at the start of middle school will partially mediate the link between
earlier pubertal development and rumor nominations received from peers in the spring of 6th grade.
The interaction between
earlier pubertal timing and greater harsh discipline was significantly related to higher youth anxiety but not depressive symptoms.
The reasons can be
early pubertal development, poverty, sexual abuse in childhood, lack of parent's attention, lack of career goals, family and cultural patterns of early sex, substance abuse, dropping out from school and poor school performance.
It is important to understand pubertal timing as
early pubertal onset can influence the risk of developing a number of health disorders such as obesity and diabetes in adulthood.
Despite the widely reported link between
early pubertal timing and internalizing symptoms among girls, less is known about the peer reputation of earlier maturing girls.
In spite of the large literature supporting the link between
early pubertal timing and depression in adolescent girls, there are some exceptions.
Thus, the current study capitalizes on multiple informants as well as a 3 - wave longitudinal design to test associations between
early pubertal timing, peer reputation, and psychological distress among an ethnically diverse sample of girls transitioning through the emotionally «risky» period of early adolescence.
Most noteworthy, though, is the novel evidence the current study provides for the role of rumors and gossip in helping to explain the link between
early pubertal timing and internalizing symptoms.
The association between
early pubertal timing and internalizing symptoms among girls has gained substantial support in the adolescent development literature.
Results suggest that the contextual amplification process of
early pubertal timing may occur in both high stress family and peer environments and impact both girls and boys.
Whether
early pubertal timing is related to other forms of relational aggression such as social exclusion and friendship withdrawal, and whether these types of experiences contribute to the emotional adjustment of early maturing girls represents an interesting avenue for future research.
Early pubertal timing is only positively associated with baseline levels for boys (p <.01).
For example,
early pubertal maturity may lead to early sexual debut only when family members react to
early pubertal development in certain ways (e.g., with increased restrictiveness and supervision).
This study aims to identify the long - term impact of childhood adversity on adolescents» depressive symptoms and whether this association is moderated by gender and
early pubertal timing in Taiwan.
Both adversity and
early pubertal timing contributes to depressive symptoms when adolescents start junior high school.
Early Pubertal Timing and Childhood Family Adversity Interact to Predict Newlywed Women's Anxiety Symptoms.
Some support has been found for an association between hormonal concentrations and negative affect20 - 24; however, social factors, including negative life events and their interaction with pubertal status (but not hormonal status), account for more of the variance in negative affect than biological factors alone.25
Early pubertal timing and its social implications have also been postulated as an important risk factor in girls.26 - 31 Two recent studies, however, report that pubertal status has a greater influence in predicting female depression than age32, 33 or the timing of puberty.32
Not exact matches
In its 2012 Policy Statement on Baseball and Softball8, the AAP acknowledges the recent studies challenging the theory that the curveball and slider are stressful to the young elbow, but, on the basis of other studies showing increased injury among those who throw curve balls and sliders at
early ages, continues to recommend that introduction of the curve ball be delayed until after age 14, or when
pubertal development has advanced to the stage when the athlete has started to shave, and that sliders not be thrown until age 16.
Because some kids start to show signs of puberty as
early as age 7, your doctor will check
pubertal development.
Because some children start to show signs of puberty as
early as age 7, your pediatrician will check
pubertal development.
At your age, it could be a
pubertal gyno but usually, it starts
earlier than 17.
Breast Cancer & The Environment Research Centers: Sixth Annual
Early Environmental Exposures Meeting The Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers (BCERC) network is conducting epidemiologic and biologic studies investigating the influence of early environmental exposures on pubertal maturation and mammary gland development and the potential of these developmental changes to alter the risk of breast cancer in later
Early Environmental Exposures Meeting The Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers (BCERC) network is conducting epidemiologic and biologic studies investigating the influence of
early environmental exposures on pubertal maturation and mammary gland development and the potential of these developmental changes to alter the risk of breast cancer in later
early environmental exposures on
pubertal maturation and mammary gland development and the potential of these developmental changes to alter the risk of breast cancer in later life.
In fact, such a striking shift occurs in depression a few years
earlier in the
pubertal transition from childhood to adolescence, 52 so this possibility can not be rejected a priori.
The current study examined the joint contributions of
pubertal maturation, parental monitoring, involvement in older peer groups, peer dating, and peer delinquency on dating in a sample of
early adolescent boys and girls.
A short - term longitudinal study of
pubertal change, gender, and psychological well - being of Mexican
early adolescents
As shown in Figure 4b and c,
pubertal maturation was associated with increased sgACC and amygdala activity in controls, but not among depressed youth, who showed greater sgACC and amygdala response to rejection
earlier in puberty.
Trajectories of depressed mood from
early adolescence to young adulthood: The effects of
pubertal timing and adolescent dating
Depression was associated with more mature
pubertal status and
early timing (both actual and perceived) in girls, but with less mature
pubertal status and late timing (actual and perceived) in boys.
Because
early adolescence is not only a period of major physical change for girls, but also a time in which peer relationships become increasingly significant, a key question linking these two aspects of development is whether signs of
pubertal maturation are related to one's social reputation among peers and, furthermore, whether such reputational factors might help us understand why
early maturing girls display emotional adjustment problems.
While off - time
pubertal development has emerged as a potential risk factor for both symptoms of depression and anxiety in youth, the literature is mixed and inconsistent as to (1) how
early versus late
pubertal timing confers risk for both boys and girls, (2) if the conferred risk is distinct between symptoms of anxiety and depression, and (3) under what social contexts (e.g., family environment, peer relationships) off - time
pubertal development may emerge as a potent risk factor for these symptoms.
The objective of this study was to test a comprehensive model of biologic (
pubertal status), family (communication and conflict), and psychological influences (behavioral autonomy) on diabetes management and glycemic control in a sample of youth (N = 226) with type 1 diabetes recruited during late childhood /
early adolescence (ages 9 — 11 years).
This study examined two such factors, romantic competence and romantic experiences, and their role in the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between
pubertal timing and depressive symptoms among 83
early adolescent females (89 % Caucasian).
The influence of
early sexual debut and
pubertal timing on psychological distress among Taiwanese adolescents.
In this way, the behaviors of peers in response to the girl's
early maturity could be said to mediate associations between
pubertal timing and sexual outcomes (Baron & Kenny, 1986; Holmbeck, 1997, 2002).
Developmental processes in
early adolescence: Relations among chronologic age,
pubertal stage, height, weight, and serum levels of gonadotropins, sex steroids, and adrenal androgens
Previous research has investigated the relationship between
pubertal timing and depression in girls, with most results suggesting that
earlier menarche predicts more depression in adolescence.
Recent data on
pubertal milestones in United States children: The secular trend toward
earlier development
Quality of
early family relationships and individual differences in the timing of
pubertal maturation in girls: A longitudinal test of an evolutionary model