Genetic influences on pubertal development and links to behavior problems.

ABSTRACT: Genetic influences on adolescent psychological development are likely to be mediated and moderated by pubertal hormones. Combining genetic analyses with advanced models of pubertal development, we extended work on the measurement and psychological significance of puberty. We examined how genetic and environmental influences on puberty vary by the way that development is described (logistic versus linear models versus traditional methods) and the different aspects of puberty (adrenarche vs. gonadarche), and how genes and environment contribute to the covariation between different descriptions and aspects of puberty, and between pubertal development and behavior problems (substance use, age at sexual initiation). We also considered how puberty moderated the heritability of psychological outc

SUBMITTER: Corley RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4963204 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature