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ArticleDevelopmental psychology2025

Pubertal timing in adolescence and adulthood: Relations among contemporaneous and retrospective measures.

Natasha Chaku, Sheri A Berenbaum, Yiming Qian, Robin P Corley, Sally J Wadsworth, Chandra A Reynolds, Adriene M Beltz

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Article in Developmental psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Natasha ChakuDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan.ORCID 0000-0003-0944-6159
Sheri A BerenbaumDepartment of Psychology and Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University.
Yiming QianDepartment of Psychology and Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University.
Robin P CorleyInstitute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder.
Sally J WadsworthInstitute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder.
Chandra A ReynoldsDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder.
Adriene M BeltzDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-5754-8083

Funding

Twin StudyP60DA011015 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HEWITT, JOHN K. · 1997 to 2013
$22.5M
Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan behavioral development & cognitive aging (CATSLife2)R01AG046938 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI REYNOLDS, CHANDRA A, WADSWORTH, SALLY J · 2015 to 2024
$18.5M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGYT32HD007109 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI GELMAN, SUSAN A., MONK, CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN · 1985 to 2025
$6.6M
DETERMINANTS OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDRENR01HD010333 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI WADSWORTH, SALLY J · 1985 to 2010
$3.0M
Jacobs Family FoundationNational Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNational Institutes of Health; National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on AgingNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismNIA NIH HHS R01 AG046938NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD010333NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007109NIDA NIH HHS P60 DA011015
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Abstract

Pubertal development has short- and long-term effects on psychological adjustment. Many studies of long-term effects rely on retrospective measurement of pubertal timing, but such measures often reflect different aspects of puberty than those assessed in adolescence, raising questions about the utility and interpretation of retrospective reports. The present study leveraged longitudinal data collected in adolescence and established adulthood to determine: (1) the correspondence between pubertal timing indexed from logistic growth curves of self-reported physical development assessed contemporaneously across adolescence and pubertal timing indexed relative to peers assessed retrospectively in adulthood; (2) the associations between the two pubertal timing measures and psychological adjustment; and (3) potential recall biases. Participants were 748 individuals (50.1% female; 91.6% White) from two longitudinal studies who reported on their pubertal development annually from Grades 3-9, psychological adjustment (age at sexual initiation, substance use, depression) in late adolescence, and retrospective pubertal timing in established adulthood (

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Adolescent DevelopmentPubertyAdolescentAdultAge FactorsFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental RecallRetrospective StudiesSelf ReportYoung Adult

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PMID39250300
PMCPMC11890207

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