A SELF-REPORT MEASURE OF PUBERTAL STATUS - RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, AND INITIAL NORMS
A SELF-REPORT MEASURE OF PUBERTAL STATUS - RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, AND INITIAL NORMS
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DOI：
10.1007/bf01537962
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发表时间：
1988-04-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
BOXER, A
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作者：
PETERSEN, AC;CROCKETT, L;BOXER, A
青春期是构成从童年到青春期过渡的一系列复杂变化中的一个中心过程。对青春期变化在这一转变中所起作用的研究一直受到阻碍，因为难以以青少年和其他相关人员可接受的方式评估青春期。为了解决这个问题，本文描述并提出了一个自我报告的青春期状态的措施规范。在对335名青春期男孩和女孩进行的纵向研究中，在三年的时间里每年使用两次这一措施。本文报告了253名受试者的纵向亚样本资料。如系数α所示，量表显示出良好的可靠性。此外，多个数据来源表明这些报告是有效的。这种测量的可用性对于研究很重要，例如在学校进行的研究，因为在学校可能不可能对青春期进行更直接的测量。
Puberty is a central process in the complex set of changes that constitutes the transition from childhood to adolescence. Research on the role of pubertal change in this transition has been impeded by the difficulty of assessing puberty in ways acceptable to young adolescents and others involved. Addressing this problem, this paper describes and presents norms for a self-report measure of pubertal status. The measure was used twice annually over a period of three years in a longitudinal study of 335 young adolescent boys and girls. Data on longitudinal subsample of 253 subjects are reported. The scale shows good reliability, as indicated by coefficient alpha. In addition, several sources of data suggest that these reports are valid. The availability of such a measure is important for studies, such as those based in schools, in which more direct measures of puberty may not be possible.