The Role of Peer Stress and Pubertal Timing on Symptoms of Psychopathology During Early Adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1371-1382

  Sontag, Lisa M ^a   Graber, Julia A ^b   Clemans, Katherine H ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Externalizing; Internalizing; Peer stress; Pubertal timing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PUBERTY; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052548330     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9620-8     Document Type: Article

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