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ABSTRACT
Pubertal timing and pubertal developmental status or stage have been associated with the rates of externalizing problems among youth, particularly in vulnerable developmental contexts including cultures undergoing rapid transformations. The present study tested the extent to which pubertal timing and pubertal developmental status were associated with delinquent and aggressive behaviours, in girls and boys. It also tested whether sex moderated these relationships. Data were collected from N = 1,342 Kosovar adolescents (665 girls; M age = 13.26 years, SD = 1.27; 677 boys M age = 13.19 years, SD = 1.31). No associations were found for the relationship between pubertal timing and externalizing problems in boys and girls. The findings provided support for a positive association between pubertal developmental status/stage and both delinquent and aggressive behaviours, in both girls and boys. The study highlights that pubertal timing and pubertal status/stage have important yet independent effects on externalizing problems.
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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author, on reasonable request.
Ethical statement
The study followed all ethical guidelines of Helsinki declaration. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
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Informed consent from parents and adolescents were obtained from all participants included in this study.
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Elona Krasniqi
Elona Krasniqi is a PhD student at the Department of Psychology, at Palacky University Olomouc. Her dissertation work explores the correlates of pubertal development as well as the impact of puberty on adolescent emotional and behavioral adjustment. She also focuses on developmental changes in parent-adolescent relationship during puberty as well the way maternal parenting behaviours impact a daughter’s emotional adjustment is a PhD student at the Department of Psychology, at Palacky University Olomouc. Her dissertation work explores the correlates of pubertal development as well as the impact of puberty on adolescent emotional and behavioral adjustment. She also focuses on developmental changes in parent-adolescent relationship during puberty as well the way maternal parenting behaviours impact a daughter’s emotional adjustment.
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Alexander T. Vazsonyi is Professor of Family Sciences, Professor of Psychology, and Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky. He conducts research in cross-cultural comparative developmental science and in criminology focused on adolescents and has published over 180 peer reviewed papers and chapters. His major research interests include self-control or self-regulation, adjustment and well-being (problem behaviors, deviance, violence, and health compromising behaviors), with a focus on development in context (family, school, neighborhood, and culture).
Panajotis Cakirpaloglu
Panajotis Cakirpaloglu is a Professor of Social and Personal Psychology, Psychological Axiology, Developmental Neuropsychology at the Department of Psychology at Palacky University Olomouc. His major research focuses on personality psychology, psychology of values, as well adolescent personality. He has been publishing peer-review papers, book chapters, as well delivered international guest lectures including United States, Macedonia, Portugal, and so fourth.