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Going through the Rites of Passage: Timing and Transition of Menarche, Childhood Sexual Abuse, and Anxiety Symptoms in Girls
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Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Leve, Leslie D.; Mendle, Jane – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Menarche is a discrete, transitional event that holds considerable personal, social, biological, and developmental significance. The present longitudinal study examined both the transition and timing of menarche on the trajectory of anxiety in girls with histories of childhood maltreatment (N = 93; 63% European American, 14% multiracial, 10%…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Sexual Abuse, Females, Puberty
Associations between Early Life Stress, Child Maltreatment, and Pubertal Development among Girls in Foster Care
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Mendle, Jane; Leve, Leslie D.; Van Ryzin, Mark; Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Ge, Xiaojia – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
The present study investigated pubertal development in girls with maltreatment histories (N=100), assessed at 4 time points over 2 years, beginning in the spring of their final year of elementary school. This sample is unique in that participants were subject to an unusual level of environmental risk early in life and resided in foster care at the…
Descriptors: Investigations, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Females
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
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Pubertal Timing: Results from Two National Sibling Studies
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Ge, Xiaojia; Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Reiss, David – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
This study examined genetic and environmental effects on individual variation in pubertal timing using two national samples of siblings from the Nonshared Environment of Adolescent Development (NEAD) and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). In each sample, female and male siblings with different degrees of genetic…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Longitudinal Studies, Twins, Adolescents
Early Pubertal Maturation and Internalizing Problems in Adolescence: Sex Differences in the Role of Cortisol Reactivity to Interpersonal Stress
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Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie; Ge, Xiaojia; Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A.; Hastings, Paul D.; Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
An accumulating body of literature has shown a link between early pubertal maturation and internalizing problems, particularly among girls. Our knowledge is, however, limited with regard to what accounts for this association. Based on a hypothesis that early maturing girls have heightened stress sensitivity that increases the risk of internalizing…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Maturity (Individuals), Females, Adolescents