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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mendle, Jane
• Beltz, Adriene M.
• Carter, Rona
• Dorn, Lorah D.

Titel

Understanding Puberty and Its Measurement: Ideas for Research in a New Generation

Ist Teil von

• Journal of research on adolescence, 2019-03, Vol.29 (1), p.82-95

Ort / Verlag

United States: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

PBSC : Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The measurement of puberty is an intricate and precise task, requiring a match between participants’ developmental age and appropriate techniques to identify and capture variations in maturation. Much of the foundational work on puberty and its psychosocial correlates was conducted several decades ago. In this article, we review the biological foundation of puberty; the operationalization of puberty in statistical analyses; and strategies for considering diversity and social context in research to help researchers align measurement with meaningful conceptual questions. These three areas are particularly important, given new statistical techniques, greater awareness of individual variations in development, and key differences between past cohorts and youth coming of age today.