INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES ARE ACCENTUATED DURING PERIODS OF SOCIAL-CHANGE - THE SAMPLE CASE OF GIRLS AT PUBERTY
INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES ARE ACCENTUATED DURING PERIODS OF SOCIAL-CHANGE - THE SAMPLE CASE OF GIRLS AT PUBERTY
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.61.1.157
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发表时间：
1991-07-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
MOFFITT, TE
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作者：
CASPI, A;MOFFITT, TE
新行为的出现和心理结构的重组往往归因于生命历程中的关键事件和危机。一个根本不同的观点是：潜在的破坏性转变产生人格的连续性，而不是改变。采用纵向研究的方法，对青春期少女月经初潮的行为反应进行了研究。预测从3个竞争性的假设青春期的变化和社会心理变化之间的关系进行了第一次测试：压力变化，关闭时间，和早期的时间假设。研究结果支持了早期时间假说。无论是紧张，初潮早期产生新的行为问题或加重月经前的性格，然后进行测试。结果支持一个加重模型：在童年早期易患行为问题的女孩中，压力过渡加重了行为问题。推测提供了一个更广泛的理论的作用，个体差异的生命历程。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2016阿帕，保留所有权利）
The emergence of new behaviors and the reorganization of psychological structures are often attributed to critical events and crises in the life course. A fundamentally different perspective is offered: Potentially disruptive transitions produce personality continuity, not change. The behavioral responses of adolescent girls to the onset of menarche was studied in a longitudinal study of an unselected birth cohort. Predictions from 3 rival hypotheses about the relation between pubertal change and social psychological change were first tested: the stressful change, off time, and early-timing hypotheses. The results supported the early-timing hypothesis. Whether stressful, early menarche generated new behavioral problems or accentuated premenarcheal dispositions was then tested. The results supported an accentuation model: Stressful transitions accentuated behavioral problems among girls who were predisposed to behavioral problems earlier in childhood. Speculations are offered for a broader theory about the role of individual differences in the life course.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)