The assumption that early stress leads to dysregulation and impairment is widespread in
developmental science and informs prevailing models (eg, toxic stress). An alternative …

Research examining pubertal timing effects on psychopathology has emphasized that a
subset of adolescents, particularly females, who experience early pubertal maturation …

Two extant frameworks–the harshness-unpredictability model and the threat-deprivation
model–attempt to explain which dimensions of adversity have distinct influences on …

New advances in neurobiology are revealing that brain development and the learning it
enables are directly dependent on social-emotional experience. Growing bodies of research …

This study examined adolescents' sexting experiences, with an emphasis on the prevalence
of sending and receiving sexts from romantic partners, friends/peers, online friends, and …

The ages of puberty, first sexual intercourse and first birth signify the onset of reproductive
ability, behavior and success, respectively. In a genome-wide association study of 125,667 …

Importance Parent-based sexual health interventions have received considerable attention
as one factor that can increase safer sexual behavior among youth; however, to our …

Objectives: To examine physiological influences of adolescent sexual behaviour, including
associated psychosocial factors. Methods: Systematic review. Results: Thirteen studies met …

The transition to adolescence is marked by enormous change in social, biological, and
personality development. Although accumulating evidence has offered insight into the …

Traditionally believed to be the result of maladaptive development, bullying perpetration is
increasingly being viewed as a potentially adaptive behavior. We were interested in …