Understanding Puberty and Its Measurement: Ideas for Research in a New Generation
Understanding Puberty and Its Measurement: Ideas for Research in a New Generation
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DOI：
10.1111/jora.12371
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发表时间：
2019-03-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Dorn, Lorah D.
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作者：
Mendle, Jane;Beltz, Adriene M.;Dorn, Lorah D.
青春期的测量是一项复杂而精确的任务，需要参与者的发育年龄和适当的技术相匹配，以识别和捕获成熟的变化。关于青春期及其社会心理相关因素的大部分基础工作都是几十年前进行的。在这篇文章中，我们回顾了青春期的生物学基础；青春期在统计分析中的操作化；以及在研究中考虑多样性和社会背景的策略，以帮助研究人员将测量与有意义的概念问题结合起来。考虑到新的统计技术、对个体发展差异的更多认识，以及过去的群体和今天的年轻人之间的关键差异，这三个领域尤为重要。
The measurement of puberty is an intricate and precise task, requiring a match between participants' developmental age and appropriate techniques to identify and capture variations in maturation. Much of the foundational work on puberty and its psychosocial correlates was conducted several decades ago. In this article, we review the biological foundation of puberty; the operationalization of puberty in statistical analyses; and strategies for considering diversity and social context in research to help researchers align measurement with meaningful conceptual questions. These three areas are particularly important, given new statistical techniques, greater awareness of individual variations in development, and key differences between past cohorts and youth coming of age today.