Usefulness and reliability of tanner pubertal self-rating to urban Black adolescents in South Africa
Usefulness and reliability of tanner pubertal self-rating to urban Black adolescents in South Africa
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-7795.2005.00113.x
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Richter, LM
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作者：
Norris, SA;Richter, LM
青春期发育的自我评定是在青少年发育和行为的大型社区调查中评估青春期的推荐方法。本研究的目的是验证第一次青春期的自我评估使用的性成熟量表由坦纳之间的黑人南非青少年（n=182），年龄在10至18岁之间，在索韦托-约翰内斯堡的公立学校招募和评估。青少年和同性健康专家对女性阴毛生长和乳房发育的评估之间存在显著的一致性（kappa系数分别为.71和.76; p
Self-rating of pubertal development is the recommended method to assess puberty in large community-based surveys of adolescent development and behavior. The aim of this study was to validate for the first time pubertal self-assessment using the sexual maturation scale developed by Tanner among Black South African adolescents (n=182) aged between 10 and 18 years who were recruited and assessed at public schools in Soweto-Johannesburg. There was significant concordance between adolescents' and same sex health professional's assessment of pubic hair growth and breast development in females (kappa coefficients .71 and .76, respectively; p