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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"pubertal timing"”.
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Examining Causal Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Pubertal Timing
… contribute to the secular trend towards earlier pubertal development on a global scale. Both childhood obesity and early pubertal timing are linked to increased risks of various physical and mental health complications. This thesis aims to explore the genetic and hormonal factors influencing …
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Developmental synchrony: The relation between chronotype and pubertal timing with depression in youth
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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Explaining the pathway from pubertal timing to psychopathology: The role of exposure to peer stressors and social goals
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Causal Web of Association for Influence of Early Life Factors on Pubertal Timing and Adult Lung Volume at Age 18 Years
… causal pathways between prenatal, childhood, and pubertal factors with adult force vital capacity (FVC) in the Isle of Wight Birth Cohort Study (n=1,456). Path analysis was used investigating possible associations between gestational maternal smoking, breast feeding, birth weight, early weight …
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Understanding the Role of Pubertal Timing and Tempo with Adolescent Brain Development: Effects of Childhood Maltreatment and Mental Health Outcomes in Young Adulthood
… including faster neurodevelopment, earlier pubertal timing, and faster pubertal development. The current study aimed to clarify longitudinal pathways from childhood abuse and neglect to adolescent substance use and depressive symptoms through longitudinal changes in pubertal status and brain …
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Variation in age at menarche and adult reproductive function: the role of energetic and psychosocial stressors
… in the face of variable environments. The timing of a woman’s first menses, or age at menarche, is both used as a proxy of childhood stressors and correlated with adolescent and adult reproductive function. This research seeks to understand the connections between childhood environments, …
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Rethinking Psychosocial and Energetic Influences on Cortisol, Testosterone, and Hormonal Coupling among Jordanian, Syrian, and Indigenous Qom Adolescents
… early life stressors may accelerate or suppress pubertal development due to high psychosocial stress, nutritional disadvantage and shortened life expectancies. A key mechanism by which puberty may be regulated is through the relationships between the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) and …
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The Emerging Sex Difference in Adolescent Depression: Interactional and Transactional Contributions of Puberty and Peer Stress
… and longitudinally. Concurrently, more mature pubertal status was associated with higher levels of depression in girls but lower levels of depression in boys, and girls were significantly more depressed than boys when the adolescents were midway or more through pubertal development. Earlier …
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The role of perceived relative timing of puberty and psychosocial maturation on the well-being of Asian American young adults
… how the experience of perceived relative pubertal and psychosocial maturation is related to individuals’ young adult experiences, with a particular focus on Asian American females. Study 1 investigated how the perceived relative timing of puberty and psychosocial maturation were related to …
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Social media engagement among early adolescents: Motivational and adjustment correlates
… theory (Forbes & Dahl, 2010), I focused on pubertal and social goal correlates of individual differences in social media engagement among adolescents. I also examined positive (prosocial support) and negative (peer victimization, internalizing problems) adjustment associated with social …
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The Development of Social Competence from Early Childhood through Middle Adolescence: Continuity and Accentuation of Individual Differences Over Time
… parenting and later competence, and tested how timing of pubertal maturation and school transition impact the stability of social competence, using both variable-centered and person-centered analyses. It was expected that social competence would be highly stable across development, but less …
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IDENTIFICATION OF MECHANISMS OF DELAYED PUBERTY ON BONE STRENGTH DEFICITS DURING DEVELOPMENT
… Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy, 2001). Pubertal timing is a key factor that contributes to optimal bone accrual and strength (Bonjour et al., 1994; 21 Warren et al., 2002). Bone mass doubles during the onset of puberty and young adulthood (Katzman et al., 1991) with more than 90% of peak …
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Development of conduct problems in girls: Testing theoretical models and examining the role of puberty
… for girls' conduct problems. For example, early pubertal maturation is a particularly salient risk factor for conduct problems in girls, and pubertal development interacts with emotion regulation problems to place girls at high risk for deviant behavior. Finally, implications for prevention and …