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Boxer, Andrew M.; And Others – Theory into Practice, 1983
Puberty culminates in a dramatic and visually apparent set of changes in each individual. Social and psychological effects of the meaning of these changes are an important component in understanding the significance of puberty for adolescents and their behavior. (CJ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Physical Characteristics, Physical Development, Preadolescents

Brooks-Gunn, J.; And Others – Child Development, 1987
Three self-report methods for rating secondary sexual characteristic growth were compared to physician ratings; the accuracy of self-reported height and weight was also assessed. The usefulness of the Pubertal Development Scale, Tanner ratings, and self-reported height and weight as adequate estimates of pubertal development is discussed. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Physical Characteristics, Physical Development

Brooks-Gunn, J.; Warren, Michelle P. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
The premise that effects of maturational timing are mediated by social context is explored by comparing adolescent girls in dance and nondance schools. The findings are discussed in terms of a goodness of fit between the requirements of a social context and a person's physical and behavioral characteristics. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Body Image, Dance Education, Females

Brooks-Gunn, J.; Warren, Michelle P. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
This paper reviews some of the maturational events that are applicable in studying psychological effects of pubertal status and timing. Nine changes are reviewed (bone, height, weight, body fat, breast, body hair, penile, testicular, and menarcheal changes) in terms of measurement techniques, psychometric properties, and intercorrelations with…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Body

Brooks-Gunn, J.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
As a result of discussions at a 1983 Social Science Research Council meeting, a study group was convened to bring together all the professionals currently examining maturation timing. This interdisciplinary group reports findings in two issues of this journal, and its work is introduced in this paper. (LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Goodness of Fit

Sagrestano, Lynda M.; McCormick, Sheila H.; Paikoff, Roberta L.; Holmbeck, Grayson N. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1999
Examined associations between pubertal development and parent-adolescent conflict in urban, low-income African-American adolescents. Found that parents reported more verbal aggression with sons during midpuberty than early or late puberty, more violent tactics with younger than older daughters, and more "hot" discussions with early-…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Black Youth, Conflict

Petersen, Anne C.; Crockett, Lisa – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
Effects on adjustment of biological maturation and social timing were compared using data from a longitudinal sample of 335 young adolescents, who were followed from the sixth through eighth grades. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Body Image