This suggests that there may be factors that interact
with pubertal timing, increasing risk for depression in some girls, but not others.
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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.
In line
with biopsychosocial models, results indicate that the effect of
pubertal timing on depressive symptoms must be conceptualized through complex interactions between characteristics of adolescents» interpersonal relationships and prepubertal vulnerabilities.
Early
pubertal timing is only positively associated
with baseline levels for boys (p <.01).
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
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.