Why Are Childhood Family Factors Associated With Timing of Maturation? A Role for Internal Prediction

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-15

  Rickard, Ian J ^a,b,c   Frankenhuis, Willem E ^d   Nettle, Daniel ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

developmental plasticity; familial adversity; life history; psychosocial acceleration; puberty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892455864     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691613513467     Document Type: Article

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