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Frontal Electroencephalogram Asymmetry, Salivary Cortisol, and Internalizing Behavior Problems in Young Adults Who Were Born at Extremely Low Birth Weight
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Schmidt, Louis A.; Miskovic, Vladimir; Boyle, Michael; Saigal, Saroj – Child Development, 2010
The authors examined internalizing behavior problems at middle childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood and brain-based measures of stress vulnerability in 154 right-handed, nonimpaired young adults (M age = 23 years): 71 (30 males, 41 females) born at extremely low birth weight (ELBW; less than 1,000 g) and 83 (35 males, 48 females) controls…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Body Weight, Females, Children
Body Size and Form of Black and White Female Youths Measured during 1974-1975 at Columbia, South Carolina
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Meredith, Howard V.; Spurgeon, John H. – Child Development, 1976
From original data at age 13 years on 386 North American females, statistics are presented for 10 somatic variables. Findings are compared with those of other studies. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Blacks, Body Height, Body Weight, Elementary Education
Childhood Experience and the Onset of Menarche: A Test of a Sociobiological Model.
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Moffitt, Terrie E.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Used data from a longitudinal study of 16-year-old girls to test predictions about psychosocial factors in the onset of menarche. Found that family conflict and father's absence in childhood predicted an earlier age of menarche, and these factors in combination with weight showed some evidence of an additive influence on menarche. (Author/GLR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Body Weight, Family Problems