The Effect of Relative Pubertal Maturation and Perceived Popularity on Symptoms of Depression and Social Anxiety in Adolescent Boys and Girls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10922934 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca van Rijn (0000-0001-6207-9525, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, corresponding author), Nikki Lee (0000-0001-9135-4821, Utrecht University), Miriam Hollarek (0000-0002-5141-9261, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience), Hester Sijtsma (0000-0002-1820-0559, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience), Reubs J Walsh (0000-0002-5592-7562, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience), Mariët van Buuren (0000-0002-9330-5617, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience), Barbara R Braams (0000-0002-8688-5959, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience), Lydia Krabbendam (0000-0003-4074-5149, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2384-2403 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Youth and Adolescence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2891 • E-ISSN: 1573-6601 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10964-023-01836-0 |
| PMID | 37592196 |
| OpenAlex | W4385933093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 63 |
Research has shown that adolescents – particularly girls – who mature relatively early often experience more internalizing problems. This effect is thought to be partially driven by psychosocial mechanisms, but previous research based relative pubertal maturation on complete samples or population standards, instead of considering the adolescents’ direct peer environment. In the current study the level of adolescents’ pubertal development was assessed relative to their classmates in order to examine relative pubertal maturation. The effects of adolescents’ relative pubertal status, and their perceived popularity, on symptoms of social anxiety and depression in adolescents were studied. All analyses were also performed for absolute pubertal maturation. Participants were 397 young adolescents ( M age = 13.06, SD = 0.36, 49.9% girls) at timepoint 1, and 307 ( M age = 14.08, SD = 0.36, 50.5% girls) at timepoint 2. A significant positive relationship was found between relative pubertal timing and symptoms of depression for girls but not boys. Social anxiety symptoms were not significantly related to relative pubertal timing in either sex. Relative pubertal maturation had no effect on change in or persistence of depressive and social anxiety symptoms one year later. The effects of the comparison with the immediate peer environment, did not seem to explain more variance in internalizing symptoms than the effects of early maturation
Anxiety · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Health psychology · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Public health · Social anxiety · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones · Medicine · Psychology · Stress Responses and Cortisol
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |