CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE AND THE ONSET OF MENARCHE - A TEST OF A SOCIOBIOLOGICAL MODEL
CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE AND THE ONSET OF MENARCHE - A TEST OF A SOCIOBIOLOGICAL MODEL
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1992.tb03594.x
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发表时间：
1992-02-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
SILVA, PA
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作者：
MOFFITT, TE;CASPI, A;SILVA, PA
我们利用一项对16岁女孩的纵向研究数据，对初潮发生的社会心理因素进行了预测。贝尔斯基、斯坦伯格和德雷珀提出了一个模型，试图从童年压力经历的角度解释成熟时间的个体差异。他们的模型假设：(1)在家庭压力条件下长大的个体(2)经历行为和心理问题(3)引发更早的生育准备。在这项研究中，家庭压力源对月经初潮的影响既不是由行为问题介导的，也不是由体重介导的，这与预测相反。然而，Belsky等人提出的最具挑衅性的主张得到了实证支持。家庭冲突和童年时期父亲的缺席预示着月经初潮的提前，这些因素与体重结合在一起，显示出对月经初潮的加性影响。基因遗传模型可能比来自社会生物学的条件适应模型更能简明地解释这些数据。
We tested predictions about psychosocial factors in the onset of menarche using data from a longitudinal study of 16-year-old girls. Belsky, Steinberg, and Draper have proposed a model that seeks to explain individual differences in maturational timing in terms of stressful childhood experiences. Their model hypothesizes that (1) individuals who grow up under conditions of family stress (2) experience behavioral and psychological problems which (3) provoke earlier reproductive readiness. In this study, the effect of family stressors on menarche was mediated by neither behavior problems nor weight, contrary to the predictions. However, the most provocative proposition advanced by Belsky et al, received empirical support. Family conflict and father absence in childhood predicted an earlier age of menarche, and these factors in combination with weight showed some evidence of an additive influence on menarche. A genetic inheritance model may provide a more parsimonious account of these data than does a conditional adaptation model derived from sociobiology.