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Timing of menarche and the origins of conduct disorder.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Aug 2006
Burt S Alexandra, McGue Matt, DeMarte Janeen A, Krueger Robert F, Iacono William G
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CONTEXT: Precocious onset of menses (ie, age < or =11 years) has repeatedly been identified as a risk factor for higher rates of delinquency or conduct disorder (CD) in girls. Although this association is often conceptualized as environmentally mediated (via processes such as affiliation of early-menstruating youth with older, more deviant peers), such conclusions are premature as biological and genetic...
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