Pubertal timing and its link to behavioral and emotional problems among 'at-risk' African American adolescent girls

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-481

  Carter, Rona ^a   Jaccard, James ^b   Silverman, Wendy K ^a   Pina, Armando A ^c  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'At risk' populations; African American adolescent girls; Development of breasts; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; Menarche; Perceived pubertal timing; Pubertal timing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENARCHE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PARENTS; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 67349158311     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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