Suggests that the high incidence of anorexia nervosa in adolescent girls may be related to developmental sexual pressure. Symptoms appear with the onset of puberty and are related to physiological and psychological changes. (JAC)

Assessed sexual maturation and sociosexual behaviors in 101 nine- to 11-year-old low and middle income Black children. Data confirmed that girls were more advanced in sexual maturation than boys. Results of a self-report behavior scale indicated sexual behavior was related to physical development in boys but not girls. (JAC)

Investigates the influence of breast-feeding duration on the increase in weight of 365 children from birth to six months in the agro-industrial community of Pradopolis, Brazil. (RH)

Author suggests a framework of physical education activities, but in each of which students compete only against their own best record. (GB)

Describes a physical education program that focuses on the human relations aspect of cooperative living. (GB)

Article discussed a method, developed by Shinichi Suzuki, for teaching violin to infants and young people and, as well, provided a few examples of physical movement from his teaching method. (RK)

The delay of sexual maturation causes emotional difficulty. The girl doubts her worth and exhibits uncertainty about herself. This paper describes sexual maturation from the standpoint of sociocultural and biological factors, and offers suggestions for management of young girls with delayed sexual maturation. (Author/CJ)

Questions and opinions of students in grades 5 through 8 reflect concern about physical development and emotional factors, sex education, relationships with others, and social concerns. (Taken from Teach Us What We Want to Know by Ruth V. Byler (ed.) and Others. Mental Health Materials Center, Inc., 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016, 1969.)…

Discusses early entrance to kindergarten on the basis of whether a child's success in school can be reasonably predicted. Provides an early entrance procedure. (FL)

The study of the relationship between physical characteristics and behavior is placed in historical context. Current research concerned with the implications of minor physical anomalies is reviewed. Anomalies, measurement considerations, relationship between anomalies and selected characteristics, methodological issues, and underlying assumptions…

Three kinds of athletes are identified: the professional who focuses on objectives that dictate how both mind and body are to act; the idler, an aesthetic being who accepts whatever presents itself; and the true amateurs, private beings who allow a structured situation to determine how they will express themselves. (MLW)

Adolescents with varying combinations of pubertal delay and growth retardation were given the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire. Delay in sexual maturation by itself had no deleterious effect on self-image but growth retardation did. (Author/GK)

Investigated the relationship between anthropometric indices and behavioral development during the first two years of life in rural Guatemala. Body length and weight most strongly correlated with behavioral development. When length and weight were controlled statistically, variance in behavioral development was accounted for. (Author/DB)