In their own words
Finding meaning in girls' experiences of puberty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21301649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Kate Koch (0000-0003-3003-8715, Cornell University, corresponding author), Jane Mendle (0000-0002-0038-2593, Cornell University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | e672-e687 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cdev.13836 |
| PMID | 35906856 |
| OpenAlex | W4288748442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 54 |
The present study pairs narrative meaning-making with topic modeling to richly capture how girls choose to describe their experiences of change during puberty and to establish how these narratives map onto depressive symptoms. Participants (N = 125 girls; Mage = 11.61 years; 90.40% White) wrote about changes during puberty and reported their level of pubertal development, relationships, and mood. The relationship between meaning-making and depressive symptoms was negatively moderated by early pubertal timing (d = .31) and positively moderated by more advanced pubertal status (d = .36). Exploratory analyses indicated that writing proportionally more about menstruation-related changes had a small effect on subsequent depressive symptoms (f2 = .12). Results provide a conceptual and methodological update to decades-old, landmark qualitative findings on girls' perceptions and assessments of experiences at puberty
Adolescent development · Developmental psychology · Meaning (existential) · Mood · Narrative · Perception · Psychotherapist · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |