Developmental Concordance and Discordance during Puberty and Early Adolescence

More, Douglas M.

doi:10.2307/1165610

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“…Becoming a mother during adolescence is an atypical developmental trajectory that can interfere with the adaptive emergence to adulthood (Arnett, ) and constitutes a “developmental discordance” (Shanahan, ) for adolescents who do not yet possess the psychological and emotional tools necessary to realize the mastery of the additional demands and responsibilities required to parent a child. From a developmental life course perspective, such discordances occur when there is an asynchrony between subjective age and psychosocial maturation such that adaptive transitions to the next developmental stage are jeopardized (More, ). This asynchrony can lead to maladaptive behaviors when coupled with an inability to adequately cope with increasing demands (Benson & Elder, ).…”

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Is Sexual Abuse a Unique Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Motherhood in Adolescence?

Noll

Guastaferro

Beal

et al. 2018

J of Research on Adolesc

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This study tested sexual abuse as a unique predictor of subsequent adolescent sexual behaviors, pregnancy, and motherhood when in company with other types of maltreatment (physical abuse, neglect) and alternative behavioral, family, and contextual risk factors in a prospective, longitudinal study of maltreated (n = 275) and comparison (n = 239) nulliparous females aged 14-19 years old assessed annually through 19 years old. Hierarchical regression was used to disentangle risk factors that account for the associations of maltreatment type on risky sexual behaviors at 19 years old, adolescent pregnancy, and adolescent motherhood. Findings indicate that sexual and physical abuse remain significant predictors of risky sexual behaviors, and that sexual abuse remains a significant predictor of adolescent motherhood when alternative explanatory variables are controlled.

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Section: Child Maltreatment and Sexual Risk Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Sexual Abuse a Unique Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Motherhood in Adolescence?

Noll

Guastaferro

Beal

et al. 2018

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…Latematuring females show traits that can be characterized as less feminine and/or more masculine than those of early maturers. Early maturers date earlier and have more conventional female interests, for example, in personal adornment (Jones & Mussen, 1958;More, 1953;Presser, 1978;Stone & Barker, 1939), whereas late maturers appear higher in need for recognition and achievement (Jones & Mussen, 1958).…”

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Effect of age at puberty on spatial ability in girls: A question of mechanism.

Newcombe¹,

Bandura²

1983

Developmental Psychology

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Waber (1977b) demonstrated that late maturers of both sexes perform better on measures of spatial ability than early maturers do. Waber hypothesized that this phenomenon is related to hemispheric organization of cognitive functions. An alternative hypothesis is that the differences are related to psychosocial correlates of timing of puberty. These hypotheses were evaluated by measuring pubertal status; spatial ability; patterns of functional hemispheric specialization, as assessed by a dichhaptic task; participation in spatial activities; and masculine and feminine personality traits and interests. Eighty-five 11-year-old girls participated in this study. Results indicated that (a) spatial ability was positively correlated with later maturation; (b) spatial ability was positively correlated with masculine personality traits, masculine intellectual interests in the ideal self, and wanting to be a boy; (c) earlier maturation was positively correlated with the Femininity Scale of California Psychological Inventory and negatively correlated with participation in 22 spatial activities; (id) performance on the dichhaptic task was not correlated with either timing of puberty or spatial ability. Regression analyses indicated that masculinity variables and maturation rate had independent associations with spatial ability. It is suggested that both factors could be sources of sex differences in spatial ability.

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“…Psychometric assessment (Jones, 1957) provided the first indications that the initial OGS viewpoint, which equated social and psychological adjustment, needed revision to account for the late maturer's advantage in important areas of psychological functioning: namely, late maturers appear to be more insightful and early maturers more rigid and overcontrolling of impulses. (An independent study by More, 1953, also reported the greater emotional overcontrol of the early maturer. )…”

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Pubertal onset and ego functioning.

Peskin¹

1967

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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A model of pubertal growth based on psychoanalytic ego psychology is applied to the study of early and late maturation in males. From this model the personality development of early and late maturers in the Guidance Study is examined prior to, at, and following their onset of puberty. Consistent with previous longitudinal research, the dimensions of motility and expressiveness appear to be specifically connected to patterns of physical maturation. Findings suggest that the length of the latency period regulates one's preparation for the pubertal somatic changes and may decisively influence postpubertal impulse-controlling mechanisms of the personality.

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Developmental Concordance and Discordance during Puberty and Early Adolescence

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

Is Sexual Abuse a Unique Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Motherhood in Adolescence?

Is Sexual Abuse a Unique Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Motherhood in Adolescence?

Effect of age at puberty on spatial ability in girls: A question of mechanism.

Pubertal onset and ego functioning.

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