It's about timing and change: Pubertal transition effects on symptoms of major depression among African American youths
It's about timing and change: Pubertal transition effects on symptoms of major depression among African American youths
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DOI：
10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.430
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发表时间：
2003-05-01
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4
通讯作者：
Cutrona, CE
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作者：
Ge, XJ;Kim, IJ;Cutrona, CE
对639名非裔美国儿童进行了身体早熟和青春期加速变化对抑郁症症状的影响的研究。使用两波数据(平均年龄分别为11岁和13岁)检验了三个相互竞争的假说，即早期时间、休息时间和压力变化。青春期效应根据儿童的性别和年龄不同而不同。对于女孩来说，早熟一直与抑郁症状水平升高有关。对于男孩来说，早熟者在11岁时才表现出更高的抑郁水平，但这些症状到13岁时就会消失。随着时间的推移，青春期发育加速的男孩表现出更高的症状水平。结果支持女孩的早期时序假说和男孩的压力变化假说。在检查男孩的青春期过渡时，评估时间是至关重要的。
Effects of early physical maturation and accelerated pubertal changes on symptoms of major depression were examined in 639 African American children. Three rival hypotheses, early timing, off-time, and stressful change, were tested using 2 waves of data (mean ages = 11 and 13 years). The pubertal effect operates differently according to children's gender and age. For girls, early maturation was consistently associated with elevated levels of depressive symptoms. For boys, early maturers manifested elevated levels of depression only at age 11, but these symptoms subsided by age 13. Boys who experienced accelerated pubertal growth over time displayed elevated symptom levels. Results support the early timing hypothesis for girls and the stressful change hypothesis for boys. Time at assessment is critical when examining boys' pubertal transition.