Psychosocial antecedents of variation in girls' pubertal timing: Maternal depression, stepfather presence, and marital and family stress

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 485-501

  Ellis, Bruce J ^a   Garber, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PARENT; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 0034155242     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00159     Document Type: Article

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