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Carter, Rona; Jaccard, James; Silverman, Wendy K.; Pina, Armando A. – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
Using an "at-risk" sample of African American girls, the present study examined the link between girls' retrospective reports of pubertal timing, girls' perceived relative pubertal timing, and their behavioral and emotional problems as rated by the girls themselves (N = 102; 11-17 years), as well as teachers and parents. Structural equation…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Females, Structural Equation Models, Economically Disadvantaged
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Capron, Christiane; Therond, Carine; Duyme, Michel – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The study investigated the relationship between depressive symptoms and emotional/behavioural problems in adolescent girls (N = 553) aged 12-13 years, menarcheal status and family structure, and considered whether the effect of family structure was the same in the presence or absence of menses. The Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and the…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Females, At Risk Persons, Family Structure
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Facio, Alicia; Batistuta, Mercedes – Journal of Adolescence, 2001
Aims to provide a cross-cultural contribution to the study of gender differences in adolescent mood by providing results of a survey of Argentinian boys and girls at the age of 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18. The gender difference, larger than that of many first-world samples, is significant at 15-16 and the gap increases at 17-18. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences