| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 337 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies on child and adolescent health
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Cambridge studies on child and adolescent health.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Methodological concerns in puberty-related research / Chris Hayward -- PART 1. SEX DIFFERENCES IN HORMONES AND THEIR EFFECT AT PUBERTY -- Biology of puberty: new developments in sex differences / Patricia Y. Fechner -- Hormonal changes at puberty and the emergence of gender differences in internalizing disorders / Katherine Sanborn, Chris Hayward -- PART 2. GIRLS AT PUBERTY -- Puberty and body image / Eric Stice -- Gender differences in opposite sex relationships: interactions with puberty / Laura Compian, Chris Hayward -- Aggression, psychopathology, and delinquency: influences of gender and maturation -- where did all the good girls go? / Stephanie R. Hawkins, Samantha Pia Miller, Hans Steiner -- PART 3. BOYS AT PUBERTY -- Boys at puberty: psychosocial implications / Jenica Huddleston, Xiaojia Ge -- PART 4. PUBERTY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY -- Puberty and depression / Adrian Angold, Carol Worthman, E. Jane Costello -- Puberty and schizophrenia / Andrew Gotowiec, Mary V. Seeman, Robin Z. Cohen -- PART 5. PUBERTAL TIMING: ANTECEDENTS -- Childhood sexual abuse and pubertal timing: implications for long-term psychosocial adjustment / Tanya A. Bergevin, William M. Bukowski, Leigh Karavasilis -- Psychosocial factors predicting pubertal onset / Laurie L. Meschke, Pamela Jo Johnson, Bonnie L. Barber, Jacquelynne S. Eccles -- PART 6. PUBERTAL TIMING: CONSEQUENCES -- Short-term and long-term consequences of early versus late physical maturation in adolescents / Karina Weichold, Rainer K. Silbereisen, Eva Schmitt-Rodermund -- When coming of age means coming undone: links between puberty and psychosocial adjustment among European American and African American girls / Alice Michael, Jacquelynne S. Eccles -- PART 7. PUBERTY AND CONTEXT -- Puberty in context / Julia A. Graber. |
| Summary |
Puberty is one of the most important life transitions. At no other time are there such significant transformations in biology, social and psychological development. It also marks a significant separation between the genders. This book focuses on the emergence of gender difference and provides an up-to-date summary of interdisciplinary research. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Puberty.
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Puberty. |
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Sex differences.
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Sex differences. |
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Puberty -- psychology. |
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Adaptation, Psychological. |
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Adolescent. |
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Mental Disorders -- psychology. |
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Puberty -- metabolism. |
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Sex Factors. |
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Social Adjustment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hayward, Chris, 1953-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gender differences at puberty. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521807042 052100165X (DLC) 2002034941 (OCoLC)50645727 |
| ISBN |
9780511489716 (electronic book) |
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0511489714 (electronic book) |
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0511063830 (electronic book) |
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9780511063831 (electronic book) |
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0511072295 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511072291 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511178840 (electronic book) |
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9780511178849 (electronic book) |
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0521807042 (Cloth) |
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