Transdiagnostic psychiatric disorder risk associated with early age of menarche: A latent modeling approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Earlier age of pubertal maturation in females is associated with increased risk for mental health problems in adolescence, compared with on-time or later maturation. However, most investigations of pubertal timing and mental health consider risk for individual disorders and fail to account for comorbidity. A latent-modeling approach using a large, nationally representative sample could better explain the transdiagnostic nature of the consequences of early-onset puberty.

Methods

Data on age of menarche and mental disorders were drawn from a population-representative sample of adolescents (n=4925), ages 13-17. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to fit four latent disorder categories: distress, eating, and externalizing, and fear disorders. Timing of menarche incl

SUBMITTER: Platt JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5643227 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature