A Contextual Amplification Hypothesis: Pubertal Timing And Girls' Emotional And Behavioral Problems

Understanding Girls' Problem Behavior: How Girls' Delinquency Develops in the Context of Maturity and Health, Co-Occurring Problems, and Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 9-29

  Ge, Xiaojia ^a   Natsuaki, Misaki N ^b   Jin, Run ^c   Biehl, Michael C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"social stimulus value"; Pubertal Timing and Psychosocial Contexts: Three Useful Hypotheses; Research from Our Laboratory: Testing; Socioeconomic status (SES); The Contextual Amplification Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885988318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470977453.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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