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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 85, Issue 1, Pages 220-236Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12118
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Stress responses to social evaluation are thought to increase during adolescence, which may be due to pubertal maturation. However, empirical evidence is scarce. This study is the first to investigate the relation between pubertal development and biological responses to a social-evaluative stressor longitudinally. Participants performed the Leiden Public Speaking Task twice, with a 2-year interval (N=217; age at Time 1: 8-17years). The results support an increase in sensitivity to social evaluation during adolescence. The overall cortisol and alpha-amylase responses increasedboth between and within participantsand were more strongly related to self-reported pubertal development than to age. The cortisol response shifted from speech delivery toward anticipation. The alpha-amylase response increased in both phases.
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