3: Gender specific psychosocial correlates of pubertal timing in a national sample of Swiss adolescents

Michaud, Pierre‐André; Surı́s, Joan-Carles; Deppen, Alain

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.11.145

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“…Several studies further supported this hypothesis, including a recent report confirming increased psychopathology in young adult women who had experienced early but not late pubertal timing [55]. In a Swiss cohort of about 7,500 adolescents, Michaud et al [56] reported increased dissatisfaction about self-image in early maturing girls and late boys. Early adolescents were more frequently involved in exploratory behaviors and sexually active.…”

Section: Psychosocial Aspects Of Physiological Variations In Pubertalmentioning

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Normal Female Puberty in a Developmental Perspective

Bourguignon

Juul²

2012

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

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Puberty is unique in the sense that its onset shows an extraordinary individual variability of about 5 years, the basis of which being still elusive despite research efforts to understand the reason why. Continuing changes in environmental influences and interaction with genetic determinants are suggested by the still evolving pattern of the pubertal process both clinically and mechanistically. For instance, secular trends towards earlier breast development have been observed during the two past decades in some countries, resulting in possible skewing of the age distribution of that pubertal sign with less obvious changes in menarcheal age. Conceptually, puberty and subsequent reproduction appear now to be influenced by conditions not only at the time when they occur, but also during fetal and perinatal life. In addition, these influences can be apparently opposing since early maturation follows fetal malnourishment and postnatal overfeeding. In this review, the semiology and pathophysiology of puberty are discussed in a lifelong developmental perspective.

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Section: Psychosocial Aspects Of Physiological Variations In Pubertalmentioning

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Normal Female Puberty in a Developmental Perspective

Bourguignon

Juul²

2012

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

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“…The issue is whether immediate and long-term psychosocial correlates of advanced puberty are a concern in the precocious subgroup mainly, or should be considered in the early subgroup as well. Large surveys on adolescent exploratory behaviors have shown that the early maturers are more frequently involved (25,50,51). Longitudinal studies in adulthood confirm such findings (52).…”

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Assessment and mechanism of variations in pubertal timing in internationally adopted children: a developmental hypothesis

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During the past decades, children migrating for international adoption have increased in number, creating an original condition of dramatic environmental change during development. In several countries, cohorts of these subjects have been shown to experience a global advancement in age at the onset of puberty, and sexual precocity is seen more frequently than in other conditions. Such early or precocious development has been assessed in relatively small cohorts or individual patients using welldefined physical indicators in comparison with updated references in the foster country. Family and adolescent evaluation of pubertal timing could allow for the study of large series of internationally adopted subjects. Also, this type of assessment integrates the physical changes of puberty with the adolescent changes in psychological and social functioning. The pathophysiological mechanisms leading to advancement of puberty in migrating children are still unclear and possibly involve several factors. In the present paper, we hypothesize that the sexual precocity in children migrating for international adoption could represent a developmentally programmed disorder resulting from cumulative anomalies in early remodeling of the central nervous system by communicational, social, nutritional, and hormonal inputs. There is some evidence that the deviations in those inputs can result in altered brain structure, particularly in the limbic system. We discuss the possible association with further disorders of developmental functions, such as cognitive, psychosocial, and sexual maturation. Along this hypothesis, some forms of idiopathic sexual precocity could result from dysfunction of one or several of the environmental programming factors, while other forms may involve predominantly genetic or familial factors.European Journal of Endocrinology 155 S17-S25

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3: Gender specific psychosocial correlates of pubertal timing in a national sample of Swiss adolescents

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Normal Female Puberty in a Developmental Perspective

Normal Female Puberty in a Developmental Perspective

Assessment and mechanism of variations in pubertal timing in internationally adopted children: a developmental hypothesis

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