Coming of Age Too Early: Pubertal Influences on Girls' Vulnerability to Psychological Distress

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3386-3400

  Ge, Xiaojia ^a   Conger, Rand D ^b   Elder Jr , Glen H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030348026     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01919.x     Document Type: Article

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