SynthesisDevelopmental psychobiology2025
The Effect of Pubertal Status on Self-Regulation of Behavior and Executive Functions-A Systematic Review.
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- The Effect of Pubertal Status on Self-Regulation of Behavior and Executive Functions-A Systematic Review.Developmental psychobiology · 2025Pooled it
- Changes in sleep patterns in adolescents are more associated with pubertal indicators than age: A perfect storm with a dash of hormones.The British journal of developmental psychology · 2026Article
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- Chronological age and biological maturity are separately positively associated with inhibitory control and working memory in boys and girls.Frontiers in cognition · 2025Article
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Abstract
Behavioral self-regulation (SR) refers to a set of abilities that enable flexible, adaptive, and goal-directed behavior, including the abilities known as hot (emotional regulation) and cool (e.g., controlled attention) executive functions (EFs). Such abilities mature during adolescence, a period marked by developmental brain changes due to learning/experience as individuals grow older, and by changes in sex hormone levels due to puberty, which influence brain maturation and can affect cognition. However, it is unclear to what extent the maturation of SR/EF is determined by adolescents' stage of pubertal development-that is, their pubertal status-irrespective of their age. We investigate this issue through a systematic review of the literature. Searching PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and PsycINFO, we found 125 studies about the relationship between pubertal status and SR/EF. However, only 28 of these included results about pubertal status adjusted for the confounding effects of age. These studies were heterogeneous in their methods and reported mixed results with no clear patterns. The literature was also fraught with conceptual and methodological shortcomings. As a result, current evidence is inconclusive about pubertal status effects on SR/EF. We discuss the implications of these findings for current theories of adolescent cognitive development.
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