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Pubertal Maturation in Female Development book cover

1st Edition

Pubertal Maturation in Female Development

By H†kan Stattin, David Magnusson Copyright 1990
410 Pages
by Routledge

408 Pages
by Psychology Press

408 Pages
by Routledge
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Research on physical maturity has demonstrated conclusively that the assumption of an age-homogenous development does not always hold true. This volume presents a biosocial model focusing on the role of individual differences in biological maturation to be used as a framework for empirical studies exploring adolescent female development. The longitudinal design of the research program offers the... Read more
Contents: The Issue of Biological-Psychosocial Interaction. The General Approach and the Basic Model. Data. Psychological Adaptation and Self-Concept. Interpersonal Relations. Social and Emotional Adjustment. The Short-Term Consequences. Developing Girls in a Developing Environment. Mediators of the Influence of Pubertal Timing. The Long-Term Consequences. Some Final Reflections.

Biography

David Magnusson, H†kan Stattin, Hakan Stattin

"The use of a Swedish sample (N=466) is an important strength of the research....One of the most important results of this study is the mediating effect of peers on the results and the long-term consequences of pubertal timing."
—Archives of Sexual Behavior

"...the research project from which this book is derived should be the standard citation for a data set exemplifying the developmental contextual view of human development. To the extent that this research is the exemplar of the importance of what may be a new theoretical paradigm -- not only for developmental psychology but for the study of human behavior in general -- then Magnusson's IDA project may be the single most important longitudinal study of this century."
—Contemporary Psychology

"...a path-breaking glimpse at the interaction of biological and psychosocial development across a 16-year period."
—Merrill Palmer Quarterly

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