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Early Adversity, Elevated Stress Physiology, Accelerated Sexual Maturation, and Poor Health in Females
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Belsky, Jay; Ruttle, Paula L.; Boyce, W. Thomas; Armstrong, Jeffrey M.; Essex, Marilyn J. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Evolutionary-minded developmentalists studying predictive-adaptive-response processes linking childhood adversity with accelerated female reproductive development and health scientists investigating the developmental origins of health and disease (DOoHaD) may be tapping the same process, whereby longer-term health costs are traded off for…
Descriptors: Females, Early Experience, Anxiety, Physiology
Salivary Dehydroepiandrosterone Responsiveness to Social Challenge in Adolescents with Internalizing Problems
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Shirtcliff, Elizabeth; Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn; Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie; Slattery, Marcia – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is an adrenal androgen which is stress responsive and a trigger for pubertal maturation. Studies on basal DHEA suggest protective benefits against anxiety and depression, yet it is unknown whether DHEA responsivity is protective. Methods: Structural equation modeling examined salivary DHEA responses to a…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Females, Structural Equation Models, Psychopathology
Pubertal Maturation and African American Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms
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Ge, Xiaojia; Brody, Gene H.; Conger, Rand D.; Simons, Ronald L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
The association of pubertal maturation with internalizing and externalizing symptoms was examined with a sample of 867 African-American 10-12-year-old children. Children reported their pubertal development status and timing using a self-report questionnaire, and symptoms were assessed through diagnostic interviews with the children and their…
Descriptors: Puberty, Maturity (Individuals), Individual Development, African American Children
Minefields in the Way: Growing Up in America. Second Printing. Revised.
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Lauderdale, Katherine Lynn, Ed.; Bonilla, Carlos A., Ed. – 1998
Responding to the need to help children successfully make the transition from childhood to adolescence, this collection of articles examines specific obstacles children face in today's society, along with methods to address them. Following an introductory essay, the articles are: (1) "Adolescent Angst" (Browing, Castro, Difuntorum, and Helms),…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
Adolescent Sleep Patterns: Biological, Social, and Psychological Influences.
Carskadon, Mary A., Ed. – 2002
Noting that healthy, adequate sleep fosters longevity and the optimal use of waking hours, and that adolescents, although rarely included in previous studies of sleep, are among the most sleep-deprived populations, this book explores the genesis and development of sleep patterns during adolescence, including biological and cultural factors that…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
Anticipating Adolescence: How To Cope with Your Child's Emotional Upheaval and Forge a New Relationship Together.
Gabriel, H. Paul; Wool, Robert – 1995
Noting that with informed understanding, parents can prepare for and cope with their adolescents' profound internal turmoil, this book provides parents with a clear view of what to expect during their child's adolescence: the major biological and psychological developments of adolescence; the most significant social, sexual, and cultural…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse