Mental Health Problems during Puberty: Tanner Stage-Related Differences in Specific Symptoms. The TRAILS Study

Autor/inn/en	Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Ormel, Johan
Titel	Mental Health Problems during Puberty: Tanner Stage-Related Differences in Specific Symptoms. The TRAILS Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 34 (2011) 1, S.73-85 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.01.010
Schlagwörter	Females; Mental Health; Adolescents; Puberty; Correlation; Mental Disorders; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Individual Characteristics; Substance Abuse; Psychological Patterns; Fear; Gender Differences; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Self Concept; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Parent Attitudes; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Psychohygiene; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Pubertät; Korrelation; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Furcht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Angst; Selbstkonzept; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Elternverhalten; Niederlande
Abstract	The aim of this study was to investigate associations between specific mental health problems and pubertal stage in (pre)adolescents participating in the Dutch prospective cohort study TRAILS (first assessment: N = 2230, age 11.09 [plus or minus] 0.56, 50.8% girls; second assessment: N = 2149, age 13.56 [plus or minus] 0.53, 51.0% girls). Mental health was assessed by the Youth Self-Report, pubertal (Tanner) stage by parent-rated drawings of secondary sex characteristics. Overall, higher Tanner stages were related to more reported tiredness, irritability, rule-breaking behaviors, and substance use; and fewer fears and somatic complaints. Girls showed increases in social uncertainty, depressed mood, and worries; boys a decrease in self-criticism. Increasing problems during puberty were mostly related to the process of physical maturation, whereas decreasing problems were rather related to general age-related developments. Pubertal timing was associated with different symptoms than pubertal status or age. Puberty seems to affect girls more negatively than boys. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10