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Peer reviewedRomeo, Felicia F. – Adolescence, 1984
Suggests that the high incidence of anorexia nervosa in adolescent girls may be related to developmental sexual pressure. Symptoms appear with the onset of puberty and are related to physiological and psychological changes. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Anorexia Nervosa, Females
Peer reviewedKitahara, Michio – Adolescence, 1982
Studies two determinants of male puberty rites: communitywide exclusive male work groups and polygyny which act as an extension of male subculture; and sexual integration in the division of labor and distant father-child relationship which act to reduce the distance between the sexes. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
