Socioeconomic status, race, and girls' pubertal maturation: Results from the project on human development in Chicago neighborhoods
Socioeconomic status, race, and girls' pubertal maturation: Results from the project on human development in Chicago neighborhoods
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DOI：
10.1207/sjra1004_04
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发表时间：
2000-01-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Earls, F
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作者：
Obeidallah, DA;Brennan, RT;Earls, F
本研究的目的是确定青春期成熟的各个方面是否因人种/种族而异。为此，我们研究了青春期成熟的两个组成部分（即，初潮的开始和青春期时间的看法）在一个多种族，多社会经济样本的城市青春期女孩（N = 866）。有314名非洲裔美国人，404名拉丁裔和148名白色青少年在低，中，高社会经济地位（SES）的背景谁完成了自我报告的措施，这些指标的青春期成熟。青少年的年龄范围为8.1 ~ 16.44岁（M = 12.08，SD = 2.38岁）。主要照顾者报告了有关每个家庭的社会经济因素的信息（例如，主要看护人的教育程度、家庭年收入和职业声望）。在第一次评估时，41%的样本是月经初潮。不同种族/民族的初潮开始年龄范围一致。结果表明，拉丁裔女孩达到月经初潮显着早于他们的白色同行。然而，在控制了社会经济指标后，拉丁裔和白色女孩之间月经初潮发生的显著年龄差异消失了。这一发现凸显了在探索不同种族/民族的月经初潮差异时纳入社会经济因素的重要性。拉丁裔达到月经初潮早于非洲裔美国人，这种差异在种族/民族群体之间仍然存在，即使在控制了SES指标之后。非裔美国人和白人之间的初潮年龄没有差异。对青春期时间的看法在种族/族裔群体之间没有差异。讨论的重点是社会经济因素的问题，研究跨种族/族裔群体的青春期成熟。
The goal of this study was to determine whether aspects of pubertal maturation vary across race/ethnicity. To this end, we investigated two components of pubertal maturation (i.e., onset of menarche and perceptions of pubertal timing) in a multiethnic, multisocioeconomic sample of urban adolescent girls (N = 866). There were 314 African American, 404 Latins, and 148 White adolescents across low, middle, and high socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds who completed self-report measures of these indicators of pubertal maturation. Adolescents' age at interview ranged from 8.1 to 16.44 years old (M = 12.08, SD = 2.38 years old). Primary caregivers reported information about each family's socioeconomic factors (e.g., primary caretaker's educational attainment, annual household income, and occupational prestige). At the time of the first assessment, 41% of the sample was menarcheal. The range of ages for onset of menarche was consistent across racial/ethnic groups. Results indicated that Latina girls reached menarche significantly earlier than did their White counterparts. However, after controlling for socioeconomic indicators, the significant age difference in menarcheal onset between Latina and White girls disappeared. This finding highlights the importance of including socioeconomic factors in explorations of menarcheal differences across race/ethnicity. Latinas reached menarche earlier than African Americans, and this difference across racial/ethnic groups persisted even after controlling for SES indicators. No differences were found in menarcheal age between African American and Whites. Perceptions of pubertal timing did not vary across racial/ethnic groups. Discussion focuses on issues of socioeconomic factors in studies examining pubertal maturation across racial/ethnic groups.