Longitudinal reliability of self-reported age at menarche in adolescent girls: Variability across time and setting

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1187-1193

  Dorn, Lorah D ^a,b   Sontag Padilla, Lisa M ^c   Pabst, Stephanie ^a   Tissot, Abbigail ^a,b   Susman, Elizabeth J ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Adolescents; Age at menarche; Consistency; Pubertal timing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84882698763     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029424     Document Type: Article

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