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Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Warren, Michelle P. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
The present investigation examines mediated pathways from pubertal development to changes in depressive affect and aggression. Participants were 100 white girls who were between the ages of 10 and 14 (M=12.13, SD=0.80); girls were from well-educated, middle-to upper-middle class families, and attended private schools in a major northeastern urban…
Descriptors: Puberty, Females, Depression (Psychology), Aggression
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; And Others – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1994
Considers eight models for the study of pubertal change that explore possible links between hormones and negative affective experiences, such as depression and aggression. Notes that hormonal effects, though small, have demonstrated stability and have interacted with psychological and social factors, implicating hormonal changes in the development…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Aggression