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Black, Candace J.; McEwen, Fiona S.; Smeeth, Demelza; Popham, Cassandra M.; Karam, Elie; Pluess, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Increasing research shows pubertal development accelerates following threats while it decelerates following deprivation. Yet, these environmental stressors are unlikely to occur in isolation. We investigated how war exposure and energetic stress impact pubertal development using data from the longitudinal Biological Pathways of Risk and Resilience…
Descriptors: War, Puberty, Stress Variables, Refugees
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Quas, Jodi A.; Castro, Amy; Bryce, Crystal I.; Granger, Douglas A. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
In contrast to a large body of work concerning the effects of physiological stress reactivity on children's socioemotional functioning, far less attention has been devoted to understanding the effects of such reactivity on cognitive, including mnemonic, functioning. How well children learn and remember information under stress has implications for…
Descriptors: Physiology, Stress Variables, Children, Early Adolescents
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Rapee, Ronald M.; Forbes, Miriam K.; Oar, Ella L.; Richardson, Cele E.; Johnco, Carly J.; Magson, Natasha R.; Fardouly, Jasmine – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Social anxiety is a common mental disorder with an average age of onset in early adolescence. Current theories focus largely on risk factors that are present from early in life, but reasons for onset of the disorder as youth move into adolescence are rarely discussed. We recently proposed a model of the onset of certain mental disorders during the…
Descriptors: Models, Anxiety Disorders, Mental Disorders, Risk
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Dekker, Linda P.; Hartman, Catharina A.; van der Vegt, Esther J. M.; Verhulst, Frank C.; van Oort, Floor V. A.; Greaves-Lord, Kirstin – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Individuals with autistic traits are considered to be prone to develop psychosexual problems due to their limited social skills and insight. This study investigated the longitudinal relation between autistic traits in childhood (T1; age 10-12 years) and parent-reported psychosexual problems in early adolescence (T2; age 12-15 years). In a general…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Sexuality, Early Adolescents
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Arim, Rubab G.; Tramonte, Lucia; Shapka, Jennifer D.; Dahinten, V. Susan; Willms, J. Douglas – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine both the family antecedents and the outcomes of early puberty, with a particular focus on factors related to family socioeconomic status (SES). The study employed a comprehensive measurement of pubertal development and longitudinal data from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.…
Descriptors: Smoking, Comparative Analysis, Puberty, Fathers
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Schweizer, Katinka; Brunner, Franziska; Schutzmann, Karsten; Schonbucher, Verena; Richter-Appelt, Hertha – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2009
Individuals living with an intersex condition have not received much attention in counseling psychology, although a high need for psychosocial care is obvious. Using a mixed-methods multiple case study with qualitative and quantitative data, the authors explore coping and gender experiences in seven 46, XY intersexual persons with deficiencies of…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Gender Issues, Adjustment (to Environment), Surgery
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Hyde, Janet Shibley; Mezulis, Amy H.; Abramson, Lyn Y. – Psychological Review, 2008
In adulthood, twice as many women as men are depressed, a pattern that holds in most nations. In childhood, girls are no more depressed than boys, but more girls than boys are depressed by ages 13 to 15. Although many influences on this emergent gender difference in depression have been proposed, a truly integrated, developmental model is lacking.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Puberty, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology)
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Palusci, Vincent J.; Cox, Edward O.; Shatz, Eugene M.; Schultze, Joel M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Background: Immediate medical assessment has been recommended for children after sexual abuse to identify physical injuries, secure forensic evidence, and provide for the safety of the child. However, it is unclear whether young children seen urgently within 72 hours of reported sexual contact would have higher frequencies of interview or…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Medical Evaluation, Child Safety
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Fox, Robert Allen; Nissen, Shawn L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
This investigation is a comprehensive acoustic study of 4 voiceless fricatives (/f [theta] s [esh]/) in English produced by adults and pre-and postpubescent children aged 6-14 years. Vowel duration, amplitude, and several different spectral measures (including spectral tilt and spectral moments) were examined. Of specific interest was the pattern…
Descriptors: Vowels, Discriminant Analysis, Acoustics, Children