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Direct linkDorn, Lorah D.; Dahl, Ronald E.; Woodward, Hermi Rojahn; Biro, Frank – Applied Developmental Science, 2006
This article addresses pragmatic issues regarding the assessment of puberty in research on adolescent health and development. Because pubertal processes have a major effect on physical, psychological, and social development, we posit that the assessment of pubertal status is at least as important as the specification of age for characterizing…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Puberty, Adolescent Development, Health
