Development's tortoise and hare: Pubertal timing, pubertal tempo, and depressive symptoms in boys and girls

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1341-1353

  Mendle, Jane ^a   Harden, K Paige ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c   Graber, Julia A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender differences; Pubertal tempo; Pubertal timing; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENARCHE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 77956787827     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020205     Document Type: Article

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