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Verbitsky, G. I. – Soviet Education, 1974
Research data indicates that adolescents in early stages of development of secondary sexual features show a higher rate of increase in speed-strength qualities than any other stage of puberty, regardless of age. Opinion exists that it is best to develop physical capabilities during the period of their significant increase. (Author/JH)
Descriptors: Athletics, Individual Development, Maturation, Motor Development
Peer reviewedTalpade, Medha – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2006
Past research indicates a significantly higher prevalence of early sexual maturation in African American (AA) girls, which is associated with a number of psychological and behavioral problems as well as with health problems such as childhood obesity and diabetes. Both nutrition and body image perceptions have never before been empirically…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Females, Puberty, Obesity
Larrigo, Marion O.; Cassidy, Michael A. – 1969
As a part of a series of books written by physicians for their patients, this publication explains heredity, birth, and growth patterns to pre-teen children. The chapters are written in language appropriate for children moving from childhood into their teens and deal with topics like: cells, conception, prenatal development, puberty, and changing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Books, Childrens Literature, Emotional Development
Peer reviewedStein, James H.; Reiser, Lynn Whisnant – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1994
Questionnaire and interview findings from 36 white middle-class adolescent boys found that the first ejaculation was psychologically meaningful but socially invisible. Those who felt more prepared expressed more positive feelings and coped better. Psychosocial and developmental difficulties in sexual education for young males are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Coping, Individual Development
Rovet, Joanne F.; And Others – 1986
A study of 55 growth-disturbed children, aged 8-17, was conducted to assess how rate of physical maturation and pubertal development influences cognitive and neuropsychological functioning. The sample included 27 boys with short stature and delayed pubertal development (SSB), 15 girls with delayed puberty (DPG), and 13 girls with precocious…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Height, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Ability
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
