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Gender differences at puberty /

Puberty is one of the most important life transitions. At no other time are there such significant transformations in biology, social and psychological development. It also marks a significant separation between the genders. This book focuses on the emergence of gender difference and provides an up-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hayward, Chris, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Colección:Cambridge studies on child and adolescent health.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Methodological concerns in puberty-related research / Chris Hayward
  • PART 1. SEX DIFFERENCES IN HORMONES AND THEIR EFFECT AT PUBERTY
  • Biology of puberty: new developments in sex differences / Patricia Y. Fechner
  • Hormonal changes at puberty and the emergence of gender differences in internalizing disorders / Katherine Sanborn, Chris Hayward
  • PART 2. GIRLS AT PUBERTY
  • Puberty and body image / Eric Stice
  • Gender differences in opposite sex relationships: interactions with puberty / Laura Compian, Chris Hayward
  • Aggression, psychopathology, and delinquency: influences of gender and maturation
  • where did all the good girls go? / Stephanie R. Hawkins, Samantha Pia Miller, Hans Steiner
  • PART 3. BOYS AT PUBERTY
  • Boys at puberty: psychosocial implications / Jenica Huddleston, Xiaojia Ge
  • PART 4. PUBERTY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
  • Puberty and depression / Adrian Angold, Carol Worthman, E. Jane Costello
  • Puberty and schizophrenia / Andrew Gotowiec, Mary V. Seeman, Robin Z. Cohen
  • PART 5. PUBERTAL TIMING: ANTECEDENTS
  • Childhood sexual abuse and pubertal timing: implications for long-term psychosocial adjustment / Tanya A. Bergevin, William M. Bukowski, Leigh Karavasilis
  • Psychosocial factors predicting pubertal onset / Laurie L. Meschke, Pamela Jo Johnson, Bonnie L. Barber, Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • PART 6. PUBERTAL TIMING: CONSEQUENCES
  • Short-term and long-term consequences of early versus late physical maturation in adolescents / Karina Weichold, Rainer K. Silbereisen, Eva Schmitt-Rodermund
  • When coming of age means coming undone: links between puberty and psychosocial adjustment among European American and African American girls / Alice Michael, Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • PART 7. PUBERTY AND CONTEXT
  • Puberty in context / Julia A. Graber.