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Differences in Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts Among 9th and 11th Grade Youth: A Longitudinal Perspective
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Fried, Lise E.; Williams, Sandra; Cabral, Howard; Hacker, Karen – Journal of School Nursing, 2013
The purpose of the study is to assess the relationship between timing of adolescent development and risk factors for suicide. Nationally representative data from the Add Health survey were used. The relationship of sociodemographic characteristics, known risk factors, and physical developmental timing and cognitive developmental style to suicide…
Descriptors: Risk, Suicide, High School Students, Death
Family Context of Pubertal Timing.
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Hauser, Stuart T.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
This study examined the influence of pubertal timing upon family interactions in normal and psychiatric adolescent samples, emphasizing microanalysis of family behaviors and processes. It was found that on-time adolescents and their parents differed from both off-time groups. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Family Relationship, Longitudinal Studies, Physical Development
Relations of Pubertal Timing and Depressive Symptoms to Substance Use in Early Adolescence.
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Wiesner, Margit; Ittel, Angela – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2002
Tested three hypotheses concerning effects of pubertal timing on substance use during early adolescence. Findings supported only the stage termination hypothesis. Early maturing boys and girls reported a higher frequency of substance use within the following year after puberty than did the other participants, with the effects being more pronounced…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Depression (Psychology), Drinking, Early Adolescents
Satisfaction with Body Image for Early Adolescent Females: The Impact of Pubertal Timing within Different School Environments.
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Blyth, Dale A.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
The impact of different school environments on the process of incorporating adolescent physical changes into body image is explored using data on 225 White females from a longitudinal study. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Body Image, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Synchronization in Ratings of Pubertal Maturity and Faulty Beliefs about Family Relationships.
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Papini, Dennis R.; Micka, Jill C. – New Directions for Child Development, 1991
Examined the possibility that the degree of synchronization between parent and adolescent ratings of pubertal maturity is related to faulty beliefs about interpersonal relationships in the family. Results indicated that adolescent-parent synchrony affected adolescents' faulty beliefs. Mothers' endorsement of faulty beliefs was related to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Family Attitudes, Family Relationship
The Study of Maturational Timing Effects in Adolescence.
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Brooks-Gunn, J.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
As a result of discussions at a 1983 Social Science Research Council meeting, a study group was convened to bring together all the professionals currently examining maturation timing. This interdisciplinary group reports findings in two issues of this journal, and its work is introduced in this paper. (LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Goodness of Fit
The Relation between Puberty and Psychological Distress in Adolescent Boys.
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Ge, Xiaojia; Conger, Rand D.; Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2001
Examined relation between puberty and adjustment problems in 7th through 10th-grade males. Found that, compared with less physically developed peers, more physically developed boys in grade 7 manifested more externalized hostile feelings and internalized distress in grades 8-10. Pubertal timing related to distress and hostility, even when…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Body Image, Emotional Adjustment
Pubertal Timing and Grade Effects on Adjustment.
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Petersen, Anne C.; Crockett, Lisa – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
Effects on adjustment of biological maturation and social timing were compared using data from a longitudinal sample of 335 young adolescents, who were followed from the sixth through eighth grades. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Body Image
Longitudinal Effects of Adolescent Girls' Pubertal Development, Perceptions of Pubertal Timing, and Parental Relations on Eating Problems.
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Swarr, Amy E.; Richards, Maryse H. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined both concurrently and longitudinally the influence of pubertal development, perceptions of pubertal timing, and experience with parents on the development of eating problems in normal adolescent girls. Found that adolescent girls' positive relationships with both parents were related to healthier eating. Results suggest that the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Body Image