Gene-environment interplay in the association between pubertal timing and delinquency in adolescent girls.

Abstract excerpt

Early pubertal timing places girls at elevated risk for a breadth of negative outcomes, including involvement in delinquent behavior. While previous developmental research has emphasized the unique social challenges faced by early maturing girls, this relation is complicated by genetic influences for both delinquent behavior and pubertal timing, which are seldom controlled for in existing research. The current...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
• Share to Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
• Share to Stress Responses and Cortisol