Going Through the Rites of Passage: Timing and Transition of Menarche, Childhood Sexual Abuse, and Anxiety Symptoms in Girls

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1357-1370

  Natsuaki, Misaki N ^a   Leve, Leslie D ^b   Mendle, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Childhood maltreatment; Girls; Menarche; Puberty; Sexual abuse; Timing; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052537563     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9622-6     Document Type: Article

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