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The Relationship between Puberty and Social Emotion Processing
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Goddings, Anne-Lise; Burnett Heyes, Stephanie; Bird, Geoffrey; Viner, Russell M.; Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne – Developmental Science, 2012
The social brain undergoes developmental change during adolescence, and pubertal hormones are hypothesized to contribute to this development. We used fMRI to explore how pubertal indicators (salivary concentrations of testosterone, oestradiol and DHEA; pubertal stage; menarcheal status) relate to brain activity during a social emotion task.…
Descriptors: Puberty, Brain, Cognitive Development, Social Development
Pubertal Development of the Understanding of Social Emotions: Implications for Education
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Burnett, Stephanie; Thompson, Stephanie; Bird, Geoffrey; Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Recent developmental cognitive neuroscience research has supported the notion that puberty and adolescence are periods of profound socio-emotional development. The current study was designed to investigate whether the onset of puberty marks an increase in the awareness of complex, or "mixed," emotions. Eighty-three female participants (aged 9-16…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Brain, Puberty, Emotional Development
Trajectories of Depressed Mood from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood: The Effects of Pubertal Timing and Adolescent Dating
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Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Biehl, Michael C.; Ge, Xiaojia – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
The effects of pubertal timing and adolescent dating on trajectories of depressed mood from early adolescence to young adulthood were examined among youths who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Results showed that for both boys and girls, the trajectories of depressed mood between the ages of 12 and 23 took an…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Puberty, Gender Differences
The Psycho-Social Dimensions of Preadolescence.
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Ryan de Brun, Suzanne – Adolescence, 1981
Differentiates between several terms used to refer to the five-year period between ages 9 through 13 (for example, "youth,""pubescence,""puberty," and "preadolescence"). Theories related to preadolescence, including the developmental theories of Piaget, Kohlberg, and Erikson, are briefly discussed, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Child Development, Children
The Experience of Spermarche (the Age of Onset of Sperm Emission) among Selected Adolescent Boys in Nigeria.
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Adegoke, Alfred A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1993
The psychological experience of ejaculation was examined for 188 Nigerian adolescent boys to determine emotional reactions, feelings of preparedness, sources of preexperience information, and the extent of peer discussion after the experience. The experience was not perceived negatively, and boys usually told their friends. Most suppliers of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries
Masculinity, Femininity, and Sex Role Attitudes in Early Adolescence: Exploring Gender Intensification.
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Galambos, Nancy L.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Assessed differences in masculinity, femininity, and sex role attitudes in adolescent girls and boys, and the relation of pubertal timing to intensification of those attitudes. Found that sex differences in masculinity and sex role attitudes increased with age. Pubertal timing was unrelated to masculinity, femininity, and sex role attitudes. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
The Parent-Adolescent Relationship at Puberty: Hispanic Ethnicity and Parent Alcoholism as Moderators.
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Molina, Brooke S. G.; Chassin, Laurie – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined the effect of puberty on the parent-adolescent relationship in association with ethnicity, parental psychopathology, and chronological age. Found that puberty effects on parent support and parent-adolescent conflict differ for Hispanic and non-Hispanic white boys. Parent alcoholism did not moderate the effect of puberty, and puberty…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences