Early pubertal timing and adult adjustment outcomes: Persistence, attenuation, or accentuation?

ABSTRACT: Early pubertal timing is associated with internalizing and externalizing problems during adolescence. However, few studies explicitly test whether early puberty is especially problematic for those with pre-existing problems (i.e., accentuation) and little is known about whether the negative correlates of early pubertal timing persist past young adulthood. We address these questions using longitudinal data from up to 451 participants in the Iowa Youth and Families project (e.g., Ge, Conger, & Elder, 1996, 2001). We replicated and extended previous results reported for this sample during adolescence (e.g., early maturing boys and girls reported more substance use) and found some evidence for accentuation in adolescence for psychological distress and substance use. However, correlations betwe

SUBMITTER: Senia JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5932135 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature