Pubertal maturation and affective symptoms in adolescence and adulthood: Evidence from a prospective birth cohort

Gaysina, Darya; Richards, Marcus; Kuh, Diana; Hardy, Rebecca

doi:10.1017/s0954579414001448

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“…These findings suggest the need to further investigate effects of puberty on CV risk and other health outcomes in younger men. For example, later puberty was associated with increased risk of adolescent onset affective symptoms in NSHD 43 , and the UK Biobank Study found later age at voice breaking to be related to increased likelihood of depression 4 .…”

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The relationship between pubertal timing and markers of vascular and cardiac structure and function in men and women aged 60–64 years

Hardy

Maddock

Ghosh

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Earlier age at menarche has been associated with higher risk of coronary heart disease, but the mechanisms underlying the association remain unclear. We assessed the relationship of pubertal timing, in both men (n = 672) and women (n = 713), with vascular (carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), pulse wave velocity (PWV)) and cardiac (left ventricular (LV) structure and function) measures recorded at age 60–64 yrs in a British birth cohort study. Regression models found that earlier menarche was associated with higher (more adverse) LV mass, LV end diastolic volume and left atrial volume, but not with other cardiac measures, cIMT or PWV. Associations were attenuated after adjustment for either adult or childhood BMI (e.g. mean difference in LV mass per year later menarche: −4.2 g (95% CI:−7.0,−1.4) reducing to −2.2 g (95% CI:−4.7,0.4) after adjustment for adult BMI). There were no associations among men, despite those fully mature at 15 yrs having higher blood pressure than the least mature group by 10.21 mmHg (95% CI:19.45,0.98). Any effect of pubertal timing on vascular and cardiac structure and function is likely to be small and primarily confounded by pre-pubertal BMI and/or mediated through adult adiposity.

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The relationship between pubertal timing and markers of vascular and cardiac structure and function in men and women aged 60–64 years

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Ghosh

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“…In addition, research has also examined the potential deleterious effects of late pubertal maturation with mixed findings (Ge, Conger, & Elder, 2001;Mendle & Ferrero, 2012;Negriff & Susman, 2011), For instance, prior work has linked late pubertal maturation with increased disruptive behavior (Dorn, Susman, & Ponirakis, 2003;Flannery, Rowe, & Gulley, 1993;Graber et al, 2004;Waylen & Wolke, 2004) substance use (Andersson & Magnusson, 1990) and depressive symptoms in males (Conley & Rudolph, 2009;Ge et al, 2006;Graber, Lewinsohn, Seeley, & Brooks-Gunn, 1997;Kaltiala-Heino et al, 2003;Siegel, Yancey, Aneshensel, & Schuler, 1999;Susman, Dorn, & Chrousos, 1991), as well as increased disordered eating in females (De Guzman & Nishina, 2014). However, these results have been largely inconsistent with other work indicating potential protective effects of late pubertal timing on psychopathology and adjustment problems, particularly in females (Dubas, Graber, & Petersen, 1991;Gaysina, Richards, Kuh, & Hardy, 2015). Overall, fewer cross-sectional and prospective studies have examined late pubertal timing effects (and potential mechanisms) compared with early pubertal timing effects on risk for adolescent psychopathology.…”

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“…Although all three of these conceptual models continue to be empirically tested and discussed in the literature (Blumenthal et al, 2011; Gaysina, Richards, Kuh, & Hardy, 2015; Ge, Conger, & Elder, 2001; Nadeem & Graham, 2005; Sontag, Graber, & Clemans, 2011), the maturational disparity hypothesis has received the most empirical support, such that early pubertal timing effects have been consistently found for adolescent males and females (Baams et al, 2015; Dimler & Natsuaki, 2015). Notably, early timing effects have been examined with much greater frequency in the literature compared with late timing effects.…”

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A meta-analytic review of the association between pubertal timing and psychopathology in adolescence: Are there sex differences in risk?

Ullsperger

Nikolas

2017

Psychological Bulletin

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Research examining pubertal timing effects on psychopathology has emphasized that a subset of adolescents, particularly females, who experience early pubertal maturation relative to their peers appear to be at increased risk for psychopathology. The aims of the current meta-analysis were (a) to quantify the magnitude of early pubertal timing effects on psychopathology, (b) to examine potential moderators of pubertal timing effects (sex, psychopathology domain, sample composition, measurement method, and mean sample age), and (c) to examine findings in relation to hypotheses in the extant literature explicating differential pubertal timing effects for early versus late youth and males versus females. A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed and PsycINFO databases and 101 articles met criteria for inclusion. Included studies reported a quantitative association between pubertal timing and higher-order broadband dimensions of psychopathology (i.e., internalizing, externalizing), and/or lower-order subdomains (i.e., distress, fear, antisocial behavior, substance abuse, eating pathology). Using meta-analytic methods, we estimated global effect sizes (Cohen's ds) for the association between pubertal timing and psychopathology. Adolescent sex did not moderate early pubertal timing effects on emotional and behavior problems. However, robust early pubertal timing effects emerged for both males and females across all domains of psychopathology that were small in magnitude (ds∼.20). Measurement method of pubertal timing, but not sample composition or mean sample age, significantly contributed to the heterogeneity of effect sizes across studies. Findings have implications for refinement of theoretical models of pubertal timing effects on psychopathology and highlight the importance of empirical work that can identify pathways which may link offset pubertal timing to psychopathology during adolescence. (PsycINFO Database Record

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“…The pubertal window may represent a period of increased vulnerability to the programming of lifetime risk for stress-related psychiatric disorders. While pubertal timing itself may play a role in development of anxiety disorders (92), the occurrence of stress relative to puberty may also have an influence (93). In a sample of 2,899 girls from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication – Adolescent Supplement, traumatic stress during the pubertal window (dating back up to three years prior to menarche) increased risk for anxiety disorders, compared to stress during preadolescence, which increased risk for mood disorders (93).…”

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Anxiety Disorders Among Women: A Female Lifespan Approach

Hantsoo

Epperson

2017

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Anxiety symptoms may present differently between women and men, and at different points in the female lifespan. The female lifespan includes distinct epochs of hormonal function, including puberty, the premenstruum, in some women pregnancy or postpartum, and the menopausal transition. These stages give rise to important treatment considerations when treating anxiety in women. When making assessments, the clinician should consider reproductive events and hormonal status, as well as sex differences in anxiety presentation. This review is structured to: 1) Define major epochs of the female lifespan, 2) Provide a brief summary of the major anxiety disorders, with a focus on prevalence and presentation in the context of sex differences and at points in the female lifespan, 3) Describe potential biopsychosocial underpinnings of anxiety disorders among women, 4) Provide guidelines for assessment and differential diagnosis, and 5) Describe treatment options with attention to reproductive events such as pregnancy.

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Pubertal maturation and affective symptoms in adolescence and adulthood: Evidence from a prospective birth cohort

Cited by 15 publications

References 77 publications

The relationship between pubertal timing and markers of vascular and cardiac structure and function in men and women aged 60–64 years

The relationship between pubertal timing and markers of vascular and cardiac structure and function in men and women aged 60–64 years

A meta-analytic review of the association between pubertal timing and psychopathology in adolescence: Are there sex differences in risk?

Anxiety Disorders Among Women: A Female Lifespan Approach

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