It's about Timing and Change: Pubertal Transition Effects on Symptoms of Major Depression among African American Youths.

Ge, Xiaojia; Kim, Irene J.; Brody, Gene H.; Conger, Rand D.; Simons, Ronald L.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Cutrona, Carolyn E.

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Publication Date: 2003

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It's about Timing and Change: Pubertal Transition Effects on Symptoms of Major Depression among African American Youths.

Ge, Xiaojia; Kim, Irene J.; Brody, Gene H.; Conger, Rand D.; Simons, Ronald L.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Cutrona, Carolyn E.

Developmental Psychology, v39 n3 p430-39 May 2003

Examined effects of early physical maturation and accelerated pubertal changes on symptoms of major depression among 639 African American adolescents. Found that for girls, early maturation was consistently associated with elevated levels of depressive symptoms. For boys, early maturers showed elevated depression only at age 11, with symptoms subsiding by 13. Boys experiencing accelerated pubertal growth over time displayed elevated symptom levels. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Youth, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents, Maturity (Individuals), Physical Development, Puberty, Sex Differences, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)

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Language: English

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