Pubertal Timing as a Potential Mediator of Adoption Effects on Problem Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Brooker, Rebecca J.; Berenbaum, Sheri A.; Bricker, Josh; Corley, Robin P.; Wadsworth, Sally A.
Titel	Pubertal Timing as a Potential Mediator of Adoption Effects on Problem Behaviors
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22 (2012) 4, S.739-745 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00820.x
Schlagwörter	Puberty; Adoption; Behavior Problems; Foreign Countries; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Control Groups; Physiology; Sexuality; Behavior Disorders + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pubertät; Ausland; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Physiologie; Sexualität
Abstract	Adopted children show more problem behaviors than nonadopted children. Given that internationally adopted individuals show earlier puberty than nonadopted individuals, and early puberty is associated with problem behaviors in nonadopted youth, we analyzed data from adopted domestic adoptees to determine whether problem behaviors could be explained by differences in pubertal timing. Relative to nonadopted controls (n = 153), domestically adopted girls (n = 121) had earlier menarche, earlier sexual initiation, and more conduct disorder symptoms. Age at menarche partially mediated the relation of adoptive status to sexual initiation, but not to conduct disorder symptoms. Extending findings from international adoptees, results show that domestic adoption is also linked to earlier puberty, and suggest early puberty as one mechanism linking adoption to problematic outcomes. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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