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JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
Volume 48, Issue 7, Pages 1365-1378Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-019-01021-2
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD)
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There are substantial changes in executive functioning during adolescence that may correspond with the onset and progression of puberty. The current study examines associations between pubertal development (timing and tempo) and changes in specific executive functioning skills (i.e., attention and self-control) across the transition from childhood to adolescence (ages 9.5-15.5) using data from the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (1099 youth; 52% female, 81% White, 83% above the poverty line). The findings indicated that early maturation was associated with faster increases in attention skills over adolescence for both boys and girls. Further, early maturation predicted worse self-control among girls but not boys. This study provides new insights on executive functioning during the transition to adolescencea period of both vulnerability and opportunity.
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