Family environments, adrenarche, and sexual maturation: A longitudinal test of a life history model

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1799-1817

  Ellis, Bruce J ^a,c   Essex, Marilyn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENARCHE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADRENARCHE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 35748954891     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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