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.
Age at
menarche predicts age at onset of major affective and anxiety disorders Tondo L, Pinna M, Serra G, De Chiara L, Baldessarini RJ.
Not exact matches
Surprisingly, childhood depressive symptomatology
predicted later age of
menarche, although the magnitude of this effect was small.