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Perspective Taking and Empathic Concern in Adolescence: Gender Differences in Developmental Changes
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Van der Graaff, Jolien; Branje, Susan; De Wied, Minet; Hawk, Skyler; Van Lier, Pol; Meeus, Wim – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Empathy is an important social skill and is believed to play an essential role in moral development (Hoffman, 2000). In the present longitudinal study, the authors investigated adolescents' development of perspective taking and empathic concern from age 13 to 18 years (mean age at Wave 1 = 13 years, SD = 0.46) and examined its association with…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Empathy, Adolescents, Gender Differences
The Effects of Sex Steroids on Spatial Performance: A Review and an Experimental Clinical Investigation.
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Liben, Lynn S.; Susman, Elizabeth J.; Finkelstein, Jordan W.; Chinchilli, Vernon M.; Kunselman, Susan; Schwab, Jacqueline; Dubas, Judith Semon; Demers, Laurence M.; Lookingbill, Georgia; D'Arcangelo, M. Rose; Krogh, Holleen R.; Kulin, Howard E. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Investigated the relationship between sex hormones and spatial performance among adolescents treated with sex steroids for delayed puberty. Found that spatial performance varied according to gender but did not vary with levels of actively circulating sex steroids. Reviewed physiological mechanisms, developmental periods, and past empirical work…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Perceptual Development, Physical Development
Impact of Puberty on Family Relations: Effects of Pubertal Status and Pubertal Timing.
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Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Examines the impact of pubertal status and timing, independent of chronological age, on the family relationships of adolescents in 204 families with a firstborn child between the ages of 10 and 15. Measures included adolescent and parental reports of closeness, confict, and autonomy and assessments of adolesents' pubertal status and pubertal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Check Lists, Conflict, Parent Child Relationship
It's about Timing and Change: Pubertal Transition Effects on Symptoms of Major Depression among African American Youths.
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Ge, Xiaojia; Kim, Irene J.; Brody, Gene H.; Conger, Rand D.; Simons, Ronald L.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Cutrona, Carolyn E. – Developmental Psychology, 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…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Youth, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents
Interactive Effects of Menarcheal Status and Dating on Dieting and Disordered Eating among Adolescent Girls.
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Cauffman, Elizabeth; Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined effects of three different aspects of heterosocial activity--mixed-sex activities, dating, and physical involvement with boys--on the diet patterns of adolescent girls. Found interaction between dating and menarcheal status in the prediction of dieting and disordered eating, with dating more strongly linked to dieting and disordered…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Body Image
Longitudinal Effects of Adolescent Girls' Pubertal Development, Perceptions of Pubertal Timing, and Parental Relations on Eating Problems.
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Swarr, Amy E.; Richards, Maryse H. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined both concurrently and longitudinally the influence of pubertal development, perceptions of pubertal timing, and experience with parents on the development of eating problems in normal adolescent girls. Found that adolescent girls' positive relationships with both parents were related to healthier eating. Results suggest that the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Body Image