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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
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
Pubertal Maturation and African American Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms
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Ge, Xiaojia; Brody, Gene H.; Conger, Rand D.; Simons, Ronald L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
The association of pubertal maturation with internalizing and externalizing symptoms was examined with a sample of 867 African-American 10-12-year-old children. Children reported their pubertal development status and timing using a self-report questionnaire, and symptoms were assessed through diagnostic interviews with the children and their…
Descriptors: Puberty, Maturity (Individuals), Individual Development, African American Children
It's about Timing and Change: Pubertal Transition Effects on Symptoms of Major Depression among African American Youths.
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Ge, Xiaojia; Kim, Irene J.; Brody, Gene H.; Conger, Rand D.; Simons, Ronald L.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Cutrona, Carolyn E. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Examined effects of early physical maturation and accelerated pubertal changes on symptoms of major depression among 639 African American adolescents. Found that for girls, early maturation was consistently associated with elevated levels of depressive symptoms. For boys, early maturers showed elevated depression only at age 11, with symptoms…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Youth, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents