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Adolescents' Increasing Stress Response to Social Evaluation: Pubertal Effects on Cortisol and Alpha-Amylase during Public Speaking
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van den Bos, Esther; de Rooij, Mark; Miers, Anne C.; Bokhorst, Caroline L.; Westenberg, P. Michiel – Child Development, 2014
Stress responses to social evaluation are thought to increase during adolescence, which may be due to pubertal maturation. However, empirical evidence is scarce. This study is the first to investigate the relation between pubertal development and biological responses to a social-evaluative stressor longitudinally. Participants performed the Leiden…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Stress Variables, Responses, Correlation
Associations among Pubertal Development, Empathic Ability, and Neural Responses While Witnessing Peer Rejection in Adolescence
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Masten, Carrie L.; Eisenberger, Naomi I.; Pfeifer, Jennifer H.; Colich, Natalie L.; Dapretto, Mirella – Child Development, 2013
Links among concurrent and longitudinal changes in pubertal development and empathic ability from ages 10 to 13 and neural responses while witnessing peer rejection at age 13 were examined in 16 participants. More advanced pubertal development at age 13, and greater longitudinal increases in pubertal development, related to increased activity in…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Rejection (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Puberty
Childhood Experience and the Onset of Menarche: A Test of a Sociobiological Model.
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Moffitt, Terrie E.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Used data from a longitudinal study of 16-year-old girls to test predictions about psychosocial factors in the onset of menarche. Found that family conflict and father's absence in childhood predicted an earlier age of menarche, and these factors in combination with weight showed some evidence of an additive influence on menarche. (Author/GLR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Body Weight, Family Problems
Further Reflections on an Evolutionary Theory of Socialization.
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Belsky, Jay; And Others – Child Development, 1991
Responds to Maccoby's and Hinde's commentaries on the Belsky, et al. article in this issue. Highlights several points of concurrence and disagreement. Draws attention to the potential benefits of asking questions about proximal and ultimate causation simultaneously and, thus, the need for child developmentalists to think about both the how and why…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Early Experience, Evolution
Psychosocial Antecedents of Variation in Girls' Pubertal Timing: Maternal Depression, Stepfather Presence, and Marital and Family Stress.
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Ellis, Bruce J.; Garber, Judy – Child Development, 2000
Tested model relating girls' pubertal timing to mothers' history of psychopathology, mediated by family discord and father absence/stepfather presence. Found that mothers' history of mood disorders predicted earlier daughters' puberty, with the relation fully mediated by dyadic stress and biological father absence. Stepfather presence best…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Biological Parents, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents
Childhood Experience, Interpersonal Development, and Reproductive Strategy: An Evolutionary Theory of Socialization.
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Belsky, Jay; And Others – Child Development, 1991
The concept of reproductive strategy is applied to the study of childhood experience and interpersonal development to develop an evolutionary theory of socialization. The relationship between this theory and prevailing theories of socialization is considered, and research consistent with the evolutionary theory is reviewed. Discusses directions…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adults, Attachment Behavior